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~~How to plot table from pandas dataframe~~

How to plot a table from a pandas dataframe

~~# MWE~~
```py
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(9, 4), columns=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
~~df.plot.bar(table=True) # don't want plot, just want table~~
~~# df.plot.table() # what I would hope~~
plt.show()
```
![Busy Bar with Table](https://software.codidact.com/uploads/QnnMdP6oCqMrPzGcrYmm6Kac)
# Question
~~How do I generate a table in its own figure from a pandas dataframe?~~
~~# Notes~~
Notice the table appended to the graph above is hardly legible and gets
cut off. I am not looking to fix legibility as is though, I need a
separate figure for use in a paper.
I do not want to have to mess with generating matplotlib axes objects
like for
[pandas.plotting.table()](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.plotting.table.html)
or in [this example](https://www.statology.org/matplotlib-table/).
I want to be able to create the table just using and providing the df,
as opposed to manually formatting the data into a latex table.

How do I generate a table in its own figure from a pandas dataframe?
I can generate a bar plot with a table below it, but I don't want the plot, I just want the table. I would hope for something like `df.plot.table()`.
```py
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(9, 4), columns=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
df.plot.bar(table=True) # don't want plot, just want table
# df.plot.table() # what I would hope for
plt.show()
```
![Busy Bar with Table](https://software.codidact.com/uploads/QnnMdP6oCqMrPzGcrYmm6Kac)
## Notes
Notice the table appended to the graph above is hardly legible and gets
cut off. I am not looking to fix legibility as is though, I need a
separate figure for use in a paper.
I do not want to have to mess with generating matplotlib axes objects
like for
[pandas.plotting.table()](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/reference/api/pandas.plotting.table.html)
or in [this example](https://www.statology.org/matplotlib-table/).
I want to be able to create the table just using and providing the df,
as opposed to manually formatting the data into a latex table.

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