# Log scale error with Plots/PyPlot in 0.7

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/log-scale-error-with-plots-pyplot-in-0-7/14502
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [September 3, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/log-scale-error-with-plots-pyplot-in-0-7/14502 "2018-09-03T21:28:19Z")
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### Author: ![gideonsimpson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gideonsimpson/32/1928_2.png) [@gideonsimpson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gideonsimpson)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/log-scale-error-with-plots-pyplot-in-0-7/14502/1 "2018-09-03T21:28:19Z")

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In 0.7, if I try commands like

```julia
using Plots; pyplot()
x = range(1,length=100,stop=100)
y = x.^2;
plot(x,y, xscale=:log10)

```

I get the error:

```julia
UndefVarError: latexstring not defined

Stacktrace:
 [1] (::getfield(Plots, Symbol("##472#475")))(::String) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/backends/pyplot.jl:242
 [2] iterate at ./generator.jl:47 [inlined]
 [3] _collect(::Array{String,1}, ::Base.Generator{Array{String,1},getfield(Plots, Symbol("##472#475"))}, ::Base.EltypeUnknown, ::Base.HasShape{1}) at ./array.jl:632
 [4] collect_similar(::Array{String,1}, ::Base.Generator{Array{String,1},getfield(Plots, Symbol("##472#475"))}) at ./array.jl:561
 [5] map(::Function, ::Array{String,1}) at ./abstractarray.jl:1995
 [6] optimal_ticks_and_labels(::Plots.Axis, ::Nothing) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/axes.jl:215
 [7] optimal_ticks_and_labels at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/axes.jl:156 [inlined]
 [8] get_ticks(::Plots.Axis) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/axes.jl:264
 [9] _before_layout_calcs(::Plots.Plot{Plots.PyPlotBackend}) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/backends/pyplot.jl:1066
 [10] prepare_output(::Plots.Plot{Plots.PyPlotBackend}) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/plot.jl:254
 [11] show(::Base64.Base64EncodePipe, ::MIME{Symbol("image/png")}, ::Plots.Plot{Plots.PyPlotBackend}) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/output.jl:205
 [12] #base64encode#3(::Nothing, ::Function, ::Function, ::MIME{Symbol("image/png")}, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Base64/src/encode.jl:206
 [13] base64encode(::Function, ::MIME{Symbol("image/png")}, ::Vararg{Any,N} where N) at /Users/osx/buildbot/slave/package_osx64/build/usr/share/julia/stdlib/v0.7/Base64/src/encode.jl:203
 [14] display_dict(::Plots.Plot{Plots.PyPlotBackend}) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/Plots/ex9On/src/init.jl:53
 [15] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:691 [inlined]
 [16] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:690 [inlined]
 [17] execute_request(::ZMQ.Socket, ::IJulia.Msg) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/IJulia/fDY4W/src/execute_request.jl:221
 [18] #invokelatest#1 at ./essentials.jl:691 [inlined]
 [19] invokelatest at ./essentials.jl:690 [inlined]
 [20] eventloop(::ZMQ.Socket) at /Users/guardian/.julia/packages/IJulia/fDY4W/src/eventloop.jl:8
 [21] (::getfield(IJulia, Symbol("##13#16")))() at ./task.jl:262

```