# Plot from Julia embedded in C/C++ app

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-from-julia-embedded-in-c-c-app/17853>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** embedding\
**Created:** [November 22, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-from-julia-embedded-in-c-c-app/17853 "2018-11-22T10:05:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![seebk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@seebk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/seebk)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-from-julia-embedded-in-c-c-app/17853/1 "2018-11-22T10:05:31Z")

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Hi all,

is it possible to plot from an embedded Julia from a C/C++ application? I am trying the following example, but no plot window appears. Also tried with gr() and plotlyjs() backends, no success so far…

```julia
int main()
{
    jl_init();
    
     jl_eval_string("using Plots; x=1:10; y=randn(10,2); plotly(); plot(x,y);");
     if (jl_exception_occurred())
            jl_printf(jl_stdout_stream(), "%s \n", jl_typeof_str(jl_exception_occurred()));
    
    int ret = 0;
    jl_atexit_hook(ret);
    return ret;
}

```

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**Author:** ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-from-julia-embedded-in-c-c-app/17853/2 "2018-11-22T13:32:25Z")

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you need a `display(plot(x,y))`

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**Author:** ![seebk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@seebk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/seebk)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-from-julia-embedded-in-c-c-app/17853/3 "2018-11-22T16:55:24Z")

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Thanks, that was the missing link! 😃