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## Overview

**`matplotlib`** is one of the multiple libraries provided by Python.

The main purpose of `matplotlib` is to provide us with data visualization. This library is based on `numpy`, and the purpose of designing this library is to work with the border SciPy stack.

Matplotlib has a sub-library known as `pyplot`, which makes it a visual open-source like Matlab.

**`imread()`** is a function provided by the `matplotlib.pyplot` library, and is used to read an image and store it in the form of an array. 
## Syntax

matplotlib.pyplot.imread(fname, format=None)

## Parameters
- **`fname`**: This is the name of the image to be read.
- **`format`**: This is the file format for reading images.
## Return type
- This is an array that contains data for all the images.

## Code

# Importing modules
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Reading image using imread
image=plt.imread("educative.jpeg")

# Displaying read image
plt.imshow(image)

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## Explanation
- Line 2: We import the `matplotlib.pyplot` library.

- Line 5: We read the image using the `imread()` function.

- Line 8: We display the read image using `imshow()`.

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What is the matplotlib.pyplot.imread() function in Python?

imread() in matplotlib.pyplot reads an image, stores it as an array, and displays it.