Exclude the 'clear' argument

Impaler343 · Impaler343 · commit 388fa7dcc0e4 · 2024-03-29T22:19:04.000+05:30
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -976,10 +976,10 @@ def figure(
     if num is None:
         num = next_num
     else:
-        if any([figsize, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, not frameon, clear,
+        if any([figsize, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, not frameon,
                 kwargs]) and num in allnums:
             _api.warn_external(
-                "Ignoring specified arguments in this call"
+                "Ignoring specified arguments in this call "
                 f"because figure with num: {num} already exists")
         if isinstance(num, str):
             fig_label = num
