8th day of python challenges 111-117

venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/compat.py

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+# being a bit too dynamic
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+import operator
+
+
+def _mpl_version(version, op):
+    def inner():
+        try:
+            import matplotlib as mpl
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+        return (
+            op(LooseVersion(mpl.__version__), LooseVersion(version))
+            and str(mpl.__version__)[0] != "0"
+        )
+
+    return inner
+
+
+_mpl_ge_2_2_3 = _mpl_version("2.2.3", operator.ge)
+_mpl_ge_3_0_0 = _mpl_version("3.0.0", operator.ge)
+_mpl_ge_3_1_0 = _mpl_version("3.1.0", operator.ge)