How to save a figure in matplotlib by its variable name?

Question

In matplotlib, matplotlib.pyplot.savefig saves the current figure. If I have multiple figures as variables in my workspace, eg fig1 , fig2 , and fig3 , is it possible to save any of these figures based on their variable name, without first bringing them up as the current figure? Eg, I'd like to do something like:

save('fig2', 'fig2_file.png')

Answer 1

You should be able to use Figure.savefig() . It would look something like this:

fig1.savefig('fig1.png')
fig2.savefig('fig2.png')
fig3.savefig('fig3.png')

Answer 2

You can save individual figures by:

figX.savefig('figX_file.png')

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