not getting plot while using ipython in miniconda

Question

I am not getting any plot when i am using matplotlib in ipython.here is the code:

%matplotlib inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
sns.set() # use Seaborn styles
births.pivot_table('births', index='year', columns='gender', aggfunc='sum').plot()
plt.ylabel('total births per year');

and i am getting an output as :

<Figure size 432x288 with 1 Axes>

this is the output i am getting while running the code:

Answer 1

I am getting the answer when i use %matplotlib at the starting of the code.Some how this works for me.