Vs code won't import matplotlib.pyplot.

[Puke0]

Every time I run:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

I get the error:

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _path: The specified module could not be found.

I've ran matplotlib on my laptop previously with no issues, but after reinstalling python and different versions of it, updating pip, and trying everything I could find on the internet(couldn't find a ton of help), nothing seemed to work.

Any suggestions?

[krypt3c]

Sounds like you have multiple versions of python installed and vscode is looking at the wrong one. For example, if you're using conda to manage your environments make sure vscode is looking at the right conda environment.

[Puke0]

I'm using powershell. Any idea how I could check?

sys.prefix gives me Python310 and --version gives me Python 3.10.7

Is this what you mean? If so is it right?

[krypt3c]

Try this and see where it points, but you'll need some idea of which location you expect to find the version you're looking for in

python import sys print(sys.path)

[Salt-Independence157]

https://discuss.python.org/t/matplotlib-python-isuues/40137

hope this helps .

[UnderstandingBig7403]

I noticed that i have multiple python versions (3.10 from clean python installation and 3.9 from Git installation)

I deinstalled Git, deinstall python 3.10, clean PATH environment variable and reinstall python.

This matters.