# How do you get LaTeX representation from PGFPlots in Plots.jl?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, pgfplot\
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-get-latex-representation-from-pgfplots-in-plots-jl/11312 "2018-05-31T22:11:20Z")\
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Is there a way to monkey around with a plot using Plots.jl and then get the LaTeX code that would produce it?

// using the PGFPlots backend

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Whoops… You just do:

```julia
using Plots
pgfplots()

woof=plot([0,1,2],[0,1,0])
savefig(woof,"bark.tex")

```