# Plotting distributions with StatsPlots in a for loop
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** distributions
**Created:** [February 21, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748 "2021-02-21T23:11:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Storopoli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Storopoli)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/1 "2021-02-21T23:11:31Z")
Hey guys! I need to understand why this does not plot inside a `for` loop but does plot ok outside:
```julia
using Distributions, StatsPlots
dists = Iterators.product(0:1:2, 0:0.2:1) |> collect
for i in dists
plot!(Normal(i[1], i[2])) # also tried with plot() and also tried instantiating a plot() before the loop
end
```
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### Author:  [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/2 "2021-02-22T00:19:53Z")
One way is to add a `plot!()` at the end:
```julia
julia> x = rand(10);
julia> plot()
julia> for i in 1:3
plot!(x)
end
julia> plot!()
```
Maybe this is more elegant and useful in some situations:
```julia
julia> p = plot();
julia> for i in 1:3
plot!(p,rand(10))
end
julia> plot!(p)
```
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### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/3 "2021-02-22T00:23:09Z")
Try inserting the `plot!` command inside a `display()` command.
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### Author:  [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/4 "2021-02-22T00:24:13Z")
Yes, it works 🙂
```julia
julia> plot()
julia> for i in 1:3
display(plot!(rand(10)))
end
```
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### Author:  [@Storopoli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Storopoli)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/5 "2021-02-22T07:59:00Z")
thank you all!
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/6 "2021-02-22T08:07:00Z")
I think the “official” way of doing this is `current()`
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### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/7 "2021-02-22T10:10:26Z")
Testing `current()` it seems to display only the final result after the loop, but not the intermediate plot updates, which can be of interest to visualize animations with some delay between plots:
```julia
plot()
for i in 1:5
sleep(0.5)
display(plot!(rand(10)))
end
```
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-distributions-with-statsplots-in-a-for-loop/55748/8 "2021-02-22T10:25:36Z")
Yes sorry I read this as the classic “I’m plotting in a loop and can’t see the output” issue, for intermediate plots indeed display is the way to go