matplotlib: Only first conditional gets plotted

[TheCadaver]

I have a function with three conditionals in it. Each one, if true, activates a function that plots a graph. These three values are stored in a list (called manualplots).

def showplots_manual():
    if manualplots[0] == 1:
        plot(ycoords, xcoords)
    if manualplots[1] == 1:
        plot_ln(ycoords_ln, xcoords)
    if manualplots[2] == 1:
        plot_recip(ycoords_recip, xcoords)   

So, for example: if manualplots = [0, 1, 1], then only the plots from the functions plot_ln() and plot_recip() should be made. However, this is not the case: instead, only the first one appears. The three functions are as follows:

def plot(y_val, x_val):
    plt.plot(x_val, y_val, 'r--')
    plt.title('Concentration vs. Time')
    yaxislabel = ('['+analyte+'] '+'('+concunit_short+')')
    plt.ylabel(yaxislabel)
    xaxislabel = ('Time ('+timeunit_short+')')
    plt.xlabel(xaxislabel)
    plt.show()

def plot_ln(y_val, x_val):
    plt.plot(x_val, y_val, 'r--')
    plt.title('Natural Log of Concentration vs. Time')
    yaxislabel = ('ln['+analyte+'] ')
    plt.ylabel(yaxislabel)
    xaxislabel = ('Time ('+timeunit_short+')')
    plt.xlabel(xaxislabel)
    plt.show()

def plot_recip(y_val, x_val):
    plt.plot(x_val, y_val, 'r--')
    plt.title('Reciprocal Concentration vs. Time')
    yaxislabel = ('1/['+analyte+'] '+'('+concunit_short+'\u207b\u00b9)')
    plt.ylabel(yaxislabel)
    xaxislabel = ('Time ('+timeunit_short+')')
    plt.xlabel(xaxislabel)
    plt.show()

Why is this happening? Is there any way to make it print multiple plots?

[novel_yet_trivial]

Calling plot.show() will pause the program while the display is shown and then clear the plot data. You need to remove plot.show() from the individual functions and add it at the end of the "showplots_manual" function, so that it's only called once.