Hello
I have a vector and a matrix obtained from another function, but the structure is like the vector
and matrix inside ‘callplot’.
The code, is just like this. I really dont know how to write in the right way this
inside the if function.
function f=callplot
t1=[0;1;2;3;4;5];
y1=[1 2 3 4; 5 6 7 8; 9 10 11 12; 13 14 15 16; 17 18 19 20; 21 22 23 24];
in1=0; in2=0; in3=0; in4=0;
a=0; b=0; c=0;
while in1~=‘Y’||‘N’;
in1=input(‘¿You want to plot the variable X? (Y/N)’,‘s’);
if in1==‘Y’ pl(1:2)=‘t1,y1(:,1)’; elseif in1==‘N’ a=1; end
end
while in2~=‘Y’||‘N’;
in2=input(‘¿You want to plot the variable R? (Y/N)’,‘s’);
if in2==‘Y’ pl(3-2*a:4-2*a)=‘t1,y1(:,2)’; elseif in2==‘N’ b=1; end
end
while in3~=‘Y’||‘N’;
in3=input(‘¿You want to plot the variable N? (Y/N)’,‘s’);
if in3==‘Y’ pl(5-2*(a+b):6-2*(a+b))=‘t1,y1(:,2)’; elseif in3==‘N’ c=1; end
end
while in4~=‘Y’||‘N’;
in4=input(‘¿You want to plot the variable Z? (Y/N)’,‘s’);
if in4==‘Y’ pl(7-2*(a+b+c):8-2*(a+b+c))=‘t1,y1(:,2)’; end
end
plot(pl)
end
The error displayed when I Input Y is:
??? Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch.
Error in ==> callplot at 9 if in1==’Y’ pl(1:2)=’t1,y1(:,1)’; elseif in1==‘N’ a=1; end
Additionally, it looks like the elseif isn’t working either. When I Input N, it just display the
prompt again (It should only happen when input is different from Y or N). I suspect my error is on the ~=’Y’||’N’
I hope to be clear enough, sorry if my english is not good.
Accepted Answer
The short answer is writing code like this is bad practice when it comes to changing it later and may bring many other problems. The other short answer is EVAL. You can use something like:
The better way to do this:
answersGiven = {in1; in2; in3; in4; in5};
boolCols = strcmpi(‘y’, answersGiven);
colNums = find(boolCols == true);
This should do it. I didn’t have MATLAB open so the code may gve errors! Sorry about that. But the idea should be pretty clear.
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is interpreted as
which is
while (in1~=‘Y’) || (‘N’ ~= 0)
Now as ‘N’ is not 0, the statement is always true.
You want an «and» instead of an «or»
while in1~=‘Y’ && in1 ~=‘N’;
What do you want
to mean?
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помогите пожалуйста. Может меня просто заклинило но я реально не понимаю почему MATLAB выдаёт такую ошибку
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Какая версия Matlab у Вас. На 2010b скрипт посчитался. См. скрин.
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Точно поставила 2010b работает)) Спасибо, учла ваше предложение с выводом графиков)
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Не знаю как у вас, а у меня все работает, только не знаю правильно или нет!
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Вы конечно правы на счёт задачи «матричных» алгебраических действий. Перед знаками * и / требуется ставить точку .* и соответственно ./, так же справедливо и для операции возведения в степень .^ В функцию построения графика не входит переменная. В функцию передаётся символьная константа, там получается логарифм 6.
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Вы конечно правы на счёт задачи «матричных» алгебраических действий. Перед знаками * и / требуется ставить точку .* и соответственно ./, так же справедливо и для операции возведения в степень .^ В функцию построения графика не входит переменная. В функцию передаётся символьная константа, там получается логарифм 6. если бы я не делал графики в Matlab GUI, и не провозился бы именно с этой проблемой, когда мне пришлось полностью все формулы для огроменного процесса переделывать, с огромным количеством вводных и тд. , а проблема была ТОЛЬКО в графиках, я бы промолчал
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Окно PLOTS в MATLAB R2012b
Здравствуйте. Недавно установил версию R2012b. До этого пользовался седьмой версией матлаба. Сразу же возник вопрос, по-поводу окна PLOTS. При его выборе графики почему-то неактивны. Так и должно быть? Или, быть может, я в настройках что-то не так сделал. Подскажите пожалуйста.
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Сообщение lomt » Сб дек 29, 2012 10:01 am
с вашего позволения, немного расширю вопрос. Пользовался ли кто-то 12b версией, что там нового, и есть ли смысл переходить на неё, скажем, с 11b?
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Сообщение Солярис » Сб дек 29, 2012 10:12 am
lomt писал(а):с вашего позволения, немного расширю вопрос. Пользовался ли кто-то 12b версией, что там нового, и есть ли смысл переходить на неё, скажем, с 11b?
Приветствую, как я понимаю вы уже использовали в работе 11b?Если да, то у меня вопрос к Вам. Вы когда нажимаете на окно PLOTS, у Вас не затемнены все виды графиков, случайно? Может так и должно быть? Вы можете выбирать любой из видов графиков? Они у Вас активны?
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Сообщение lomt » Сб дек 29, 2012 10:21 am
А что вы подразумеваете под окном PLOTS? Figure, в котором строится с помощью, к примеру, plot() графики?
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Сообщение Солярис » Сб дек 29, 2012 10:42 am
lomt писал(а):А что вы подразумеваете под окном PLOTS? Figure, в котором строится с помощью, к примеру, plot() графики?
Да. Есть три основных окна в интерфейсе:HOME, PLOTS и APPS(они переключаются слева вверху). Так вот, когда я нажимаю на окно PLOTS, там можно выбирать базовые примеры графиков(фигур). Но, почему-то, все примеры затемнены(т. е. неактивны). Так и должно быть? Или что-то не так у меня?
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Сообщение sandy » Сб дек 29, 2012 8:00 pm
lomt писал(а):А что вы подразумеваете под окном PLOTS? Figure, в котором строится с помощью, к примеру, plot() графики?
Версия 2012b имеет дурацкий «резиновый» интерфейс а-ля нынешние версии Micrtosoft Office. Имеется в виду вкладка Plots этого интерфейса.
Теперь по теме вопроса. Там же слева, вероятно, внятно написано — No variable selected. Чтобы строить графики, должна существовать переменная, в которой хранятся данные, которые вы хотите визуализировать. Ее нужно выделить в окне Workspace, тогда все будет активно.
С уважением
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Сообщение Солярис » Сб дек 29, 2012 9:35 pm
sandy писал(а):Версия 2012b имеет дурацкий «резиновый» интерфейс а-ля нынешние версии Micrtosoft Office. Имеется в виду вкладка Plots этого интерфейса.
Теперь по теме вопроса. Там же слева, вероятно, внятно написано — No variable selected. Чтобы строить графики, должна существовать переменная, в которой хранятся данные, которые вы хотите визуализировать. Ее нужно выделить в окне Workspace, тогда все будет активно.
Теперь разобрался, спасибо Вам, Александр.
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Сообщение lomt » Сб дек 29, 2012 9:43 pm
sandy писал(а):
lomt писал(а):А что вы подразумеваете под окном PLOTS? Figure, в котором строится с помощью, к примеру, plot() графики?
Версия 2012b имеет дурацкий «резиновый» интерфейс а-ля нынешние версии Micrtosoft Office. Имеется в виду вкладка Plots этого интерфейса.
Теперь по теме вопроса. Там же слева, вероятно, внятно написано — No variable selected. Чтобы строить графики, должна существовать переменная, в которой хранятся данные, которые вы хотите визуализировать. Ее нужно выделить в окне Workspace, тогда все будет активно.
Спасибо, Александр Борисович. А что вообще вы скажете о новой версии Матлаба, стоит переходить на неё, или она сыренькая и нет особоых улучшений?
Syntax
Description
Vector and Matrix Data
example
plot(
X
,Y
)
creates a 2-D line plot of the data in Y
versus the
corresponding values in X
.
-
To plot a set of coordinates connected by line segments, specify
X
andY
as vectors of
the same length. -
To plot multiple sets of coordinates on the same set of axes,
specify at least one ofX
or
Y
as a matrix.
plot(
X
,Y
,LineSpec
)
creates the plot using the specified line style, marker, and color.
example
plot(
X
1,Y
1,...,X
n,Y
n)
plots multiple pairs of x— and
y-coordinates on the same set of axes. Use this syntax as an
alternative to specifying coordinates as matrices.
example
plot(
X
1,Y
1,LineSpec
1,...,X
n,Y
n,LineSpec
n)
assigns specific line styles, markers, and colors to each
x—y pair. You can specify
LineSpec
for some
x—y pairs and omit it for others. For
example, plot(X1,Y1,"o",X2,Y2)
specifies markers for the
first x—y pair but not for the second
pair.
example
plot(
plots Y
)Y
against an implicit set of x-coordinates.
-
If
Y
is a vector, the
x-coordinates range from 1 to
length(Y)
. -
If
Y
is a matrix, the plot contains one line
for each column inY
. The
x-coordinates range from 1 to the number of rows
inY
.
If Y
contains complex numbers, MATLAB® plots the imaginary part of Y
versus the real
part of Y
. If you specify both X
and
Y
, the imaginary part is ignored.
plot(
Y
,LineSpec
)
plots Y
using implicit x-coordinates, and
specifies the line style, marker, and color.
Table Data
plot(
tbl
,xvar
,yvar
)
plots the variables xvar
and yvar
from the
table tbl
. To plot one data set, specify one variable for
xvar
and one variable for yvar
. To
plot multiple data sets, specify multiple variables for xvar
,
yvar
, or both. If both arguments specify multiple
variables, they must specify the same number of variables. (since
R2022a)
example
plot(
tbl
,yvar
)
plots the specified variable from the table against the row indices of the
table. If the table is a timetable, the specified variable is plotted against
the row times of the timetable. (since R2022a)
Additional Options
example
plot(
displaysax
,___)
the plot in the target axes. Specify the axes as the first argument in any of
the previous syntaxes.
example
plot(___,
Name,Value
)
specifies Line
properties using one or more name-value
arguments. The properties apply to all the plotted lines. Specify the name-value
arguments after all the arguments in any of the previous syntaxes. For a list of
properties, see Line Properties.
example
p = plot(___)
returns a
Line
object or an array of Line
objects. Use p
to modify properties of the plot after
creating it. For a list of properties, see Line Properties.
Examples
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Create Line Plot
Create x
as a vector of linearly spaced values between 0 and 2π. Use an increment of π/100 between the values. Create y
as sine values of x
. Create a line plot of the data.
x = 0:pi/100:2*pi; y = sin(x); plot(x,y)
Plot Multiple Lines
Define x
as 100 linearly spaced values between -2π and 2π. Define y1
and y2
as sine and cosine values of x
. Create a line plot of both sets of data.
x = linspace(-2*pi,2*pi); y1 = sin(x); y2 = cos(x); figure plot(x,y1,x,y2)
Create Line Plot From Matrix
Define Y
as the 4-by-4 matrix returned by the magic
function.
Y = 4×4
16 2 3 13
5 11 10 8
9 7 6 12
4 14 15 1
Create a 2-D line plot of Y
. MATLAB® plots each matrix column as a separate line.
Specify Line Style
Plot three sine curves with a small phase shift between each line. Use the default line style for the first line. Specify a dashed line style for the second line and a dotted line style for the third line.
x = 0:pi/100:2*pi; y1 = sin(x); y2 = sin(x-0.25); y3 = sin(x-0.5); figure plot(x,y1,x,y2,'--',x,y3,':')
MATLAB® cycles the line color through the default color order.
Specify Line Style, Color, and Marker
Plot three sine curves with a small phase shift between each line. Use a green line with no markers for the first sine curve. Use a blue dashed line with circle markers for the second sine curve. Use only cyan star markers for the third sine curve.
x = 0:pi/10:2*pi; y1 = sin(x); y2 = sin(x-0.25); y3 = sin(x-0.5); figure plot(x,y1,'g',x,y2,'b--o',x,y3,'c*')
Display Markers at Specific Data Points
Create a line plot and display markers at every fifth data point by specifying a marker symbol and setting the MarkerIndices
property as a name-value pair.
x = linspace(0,10); y = sin(x); plot(x,y,'-o','MarkerIndices',1:5:length(y))
Specify Line Width, Marker Size, and Marker Color
Create a line plot and use the LineSpec
option to specify a dashed green line with square markers. Use Name,Value
pairs to specify the line width, marker size, and marker colors. Set the marker edge color to blue and set the marker face color using an RGB color value.
x = -pi:pi/10:pi; y = tan(sin(x)) - sin(tan(x)); figure plot(x,y,'--gs',... 'LineWidth',2,... 'MarkerSize',10,... 'MarkerEdgeColor','b',... 'MarkerFaceColor',[0.5,0.5,0.5])
Add Title and Axis Labels
Use the linspace
function to define x
as a vector of 150 values between 0 and 10. Define y
as cosine values of x
.
x = linspace(0,10,150); y = cos(5*x);
Create a 2-D line plot of the cosine curve. Change the line color to a shade of blue-green using an RGB color value. Add a title and axis labels to the graph using the title
, xlabel
, and ylabel
functions.
figure plot(x,y,'Color',[0,0.7,0.9]) title('2-D Line Plot') xlabel('x') ylabel('cos(5x)')
Plot Durations and Specify Tick Format
Define t
as seven linearly spaced duration
values between 0 and 3 minutes. Plot random data and specify the format of the duration
tick marks using the 'DurationTickFormat'
name-value pair argument.
t = 0:seconds(30):minutes(3); y = rand(1,7); plot(t,y,'DurationTickFormat','mm:ss')
Plot Coordinates from a Table
Since R2022a
A convenient way to plot data from a table is to pass the table to the plot
function and specify the variables to plot.
Read weather.csv
as a timetable tbl
. Then display the first three rows of the table.
tbl = readtimetable("weather.csv");
tbl = sortrows(tbl);
head(tbl,3)
Time WindDirection WindSpeed Humidity Temperature RainInchesPerMinute CumulativeRainfall PressureHg PowerLevel LightIntensity ____________________ _____________ _________ ________ ___________ ___________________ __________________ __________ __________ ______________ 25-Oct-2021 00:00:09 46 1 84 49.2 0 0 29.96 4.14 0 25-Oct-2021 00:01:09 45 1.6 84 49.2 0 0 29.96 4.139 0 25-Oct-2021 00:02:09 36 2.2 84 49.2 0 0 29.96 4.138 0
Plot the row times on the x-axis and the RainInchesPerMinute
variable on the y-axis. When you plot data from a timetable, the row times are plotted on the x-axis by default. Thus, you do not need to specify the Time
variable. Return the Line
object as p
. Notice that the axis labels match the variable names.
p = plot(tbl,"RainInchesPerMinute");
To modify aspects of the line, set the LineStyle
, Color
, and Marker
properties on the Line
object. For example, change the line to a red dotted line with point markers.
p.LineStyle = ":"; p.Color = "red"; p.Marker = ".";
Plot Multiple Table Variables on One Axis
Since R2022a
Read weather.csv
as a timetable tbl
, and display the first few rows of the table.
tbl = readtimetable("weather.csv");
head(tbl,3)
Time WindDirection WindSpeed Humidity Temperature RainInchesPerMinute CumulativeRainfall PressureHg PowerLevel LightIntensity ____________________ _____________ _________ ________ ___________ ___________________ __________________ __________ __________ ______________ 25-Oct-2021 00:00:09 46 1 84 49.2 0 0 29.96 4.14 0 25-Oct-2021 00:01:09 45 1.6 84 49.2 0 0 29.96 4.139 0 25-Oct-2021 00:02:09 36 2.2 84 49.2 0 0 29.96 4.138 0
Plot the row times on the x-axis and the Temperature
and PressureHg
variables on the y-axis. When you plot data from a timetable, the row times are plotted on the x-axis by default. Thus, you do not need to specify the Time
variable.
Add a legend. Notice that the legend labels match the variable names.
plot(tbl,["Temperature" "PressureHg"]) legend
Specify Axes for Line Plot
Starting in R2019b, you can display a tiling of plots using the tiledlayout
and nexttile
functions. Call the tiledlayout
function to create a 2-by-1 tiled chart layout. Call the nexttile
function to create an axes object and return the object as ax1
. Create the top plot by passing ax1
to the plot
function. Add a title and y-axis label to the plot by passing the axes to the title
and ylabel
functions. Repeat the process to create the bottom plot.
% Create data and 2-by-1 tiled chart layout x = linspace(0,3); y1 = sin(5*x); y2 = sin(15*x); tiledlayout(2,1) % Top plot ax1 = nexttile; plot(ax1,x,y1) title(ax1,'Top Plot') ylabel(ax1,'sin(5x)') % Bottom plot ax2 = nexttile; plot(ax2,x,y2) title(ax2,'Bottom Plot') ylabel(ax2,'sin(15x)')
Modify Lines After Creation
Define x
as 100 linearly spaced values between -2π and 2π. Define y1
and y2
as sine and cosine values of x
. Create a line plot of both sets of data and return the two chart lines in p
.
x = linspace(-2*pi,2*pi); y1 = sin(x); y2 = cos(x); p = plot(x,y1,x,y2);
Change the line width of the first line to 2. Add star markers to the second line. Use dot notation to set properties.
p(1).LineWidth = 2;
p(2).Marker = '*';
Plot Circle
Plot a circle centered at the point (4,3) with a radius equal to 2. Use axis equal
to use equal data units along each coordinate direction.
r = 2;
xc = 4;
yc = 3;
theta = linspace(0,2*pi);
x = r*cos(theta) + xc;
y = r*sin(theta) + yc;
plot(x,y)
axis equal
Input Arguments
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X
— x-coordinates
scalar | vector | matrix
x-coordinates, specified as a scalar, vector, or
matrix. The size and shape of X
depends on the shape of
your data and the type of plot you want to create. This table describes the
most common situations.
Type of Plot | How to Specify Coordinates |
---|---|
Single point |
Specify plot(1,2,"o")
|
One set of points |
Specify plot([1 2 3],[4; 5; 6]) |
Multiple sets of points (using vectors) |
Specify consecutive pairs of plot([1 2 3],[4 5 6],[1 2 3],[7 8 9]) |
Multiple sets of points (using matrices) |
If all the sets share the same plot([1 2 3],[4 5 6; 7 8 9]) If Alternatively, specify plot([1 2 3; 4 5 6],[7 8 9; 10 11 12]) |
Data Types: single
| double
| int8
| int16
| int32
| int64
| uint8
| uint16
| uint32
| uint64
| categorical
| datetime
| duration
Y
— y-coordinates
scalar | vector | matrix
y-coordinates, specified as a scalar, vector, or
matrix. The size and shape of Y
depends on the shape of
your data and the type of plot you want to create. This table describes the
most common situations.
Type of Plot | How to Specify Coordinates |
---|---|
Single point |
Specify plot(1,2,"o")
|
One set of points |
Specify plot([1 2 3],[4; 5; 6]) Alternatively, plot([4 5 6]) |
Multiple sets of points (using vectors) |
Specify consecutive pairs of plot([1 2 3],[4 5 6],[1 2 3],[7 8 9]) |
Multiple sets of points (using matrices) |
If all the sets share the same plot([1 2 3],[4 5 6; 7 8 9]) If Alternatively, specify plot([1 2 3; 4 5 6],[7 8 9; 10 11 12]) |
Data Types: single
| double
| int8
| int16
| int32
| int64
| uint8
| uint16
| uint32
| uint64
| categorical
| datetime
| duration
LineSpec
— Line style, marker, and color
string | character vector
Line style, marker, and color, specified as a string or character vector containing symbols.
The symbols can appear in any order. You do not need to specify all three
characteristics (line style, marker, and color). For example, if you omit the line style
and specify the marker, then the plot shows only the marker and no line.
Example: "--or"
is a red dashed line with circle markers
Line Style | Description | Resulting Line |
---|---|---|
"-" |
Solid line |
|
"--" |
Dashed line |
|
":" |
Dotted line |
|
"-." |
Dash-dotted line |
|
Marker | Description | Resulting Marker |
---|---|---|
"o" |
Circle |
|
"+" |
Plus sign |
|
"*" |
Asterisk |
|
"." |
Point |
|
"x" |
Cross |
|
"_" |
Horizontal line |
|
"|" |
Vertical line |
|
"square" |
Square |
|
"diamond" |
Diamond |
|
"^" |
Upward-pointing triangle |
|
"v" |
Downward-pointing triangle |
|
">" |
Right-pointing triangle |
|
"<" |
Left-pointing triangle |
|
"pentagram" |
Pentagram |
|
"hexagram" |
Hexagram |
|
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|
"red" |
"r" |
[1 0 0] |
|
"green" |
"g" |
[0 1 0] |
|
"blue" |
"b" |
[0 0 1] |
|
"cyan"
|
"c" |
[0 1 1] |
|
"magenta" |
"m" |
[1 0 1] |
|
"yellow" |
"y" |
[1 1 0] |
|
"black" |
"k" |
[0 0 0] |
|
"white" |
"w" |
[1 1 1] |
|
tbl
— Source table
table | timetable
Source table containing the data to plot, specified as a table or a timetable.
xvar
— Table variables containing x-coordinates
string array | character vector | cell array | pattern | numeric scalar or vector | logical vector | vartype()
Table variables containing the x-coordinates, specified
using one of the indexing schemes from the table.
Indexing Scheme | Examples |
---|---|
Variable names:
|
|
Variable index:
|
|
Variable type:
|
|
The table variables you specify can contain numeric, categorical,
datetime, or duration values. If xvar
and
yvar
both specify multiple variables, the number of
variables must be the same.
Example: plot(tbl,["x1","x2"],"y")
specifies the table
variables named x1
and x2
for the
x-coordinates.
Example: plot(tbl,2,"y")
specifies the second variable
for the x-coordinates.
Example: plot(tbl,vartype("numeric"),"y")
specifies all
numeric variables for the x-coordinates.
yvar
— Table variables containing y-coordinates
string array | character vector | cell array | pattern | numeric scalar or vector | logical vector | vartype()
Table variables containing the y-coordinates, specified
using one of the indexing schemes from the table.
Indexing Scheme | Examples |
---|---|
Variable names:
|
|
Variable index:
|
|
Variable type:
|
|
The table variables you specify can contain numeric, categorical,
datetime, or duration values. If xvar
and
yvar
both specify multiple variables, the number of
variables must be the same.
Example: plot(tbl,"x",["y1","y2"])
specifies the table
variables named y1
and y2
for the
y-coordinates.
Example: plot(tbl,"x",2)
specifies the second variable
for the y-coordinates.
Example: plot(tbl,"x",vartype("numeric"))
specifies all
numeric variables for the y-coordinates.
ax
— Target axes
Axes
object | PolarAxes
object | GeographicAxes
object
Target axes, specified as an Axes
object, a
PolarAxes
object, or a
GeographicAxes
object. If you do not specify the
axes, MATLAB plots into the current axes or it creates an
Axes
object if one does not exist.
To create a polar plot or geographic plot, specify ax
as a PolarAxes
or GeographicAxes
object. Alternatively, call the polarplot
or geoplot
function.
Name-Value Arguments
Specify optional pairs of arguments as
Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN
, where Name
is
the argument name and Value
is the corresponding value.
Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the
pairs does not matter.
Example: plot([0 1],[2 3],LineWidth=2)
Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose
Name
in quotes.
Example: plot([0 1],[2 3],"LineWidth",2)
Note
The properties listed here are only a subset. For a complete list, see
Line Properties.
Color
— Line color
[0 0.4470 0.7410]
(default) | RGB triplet | hexadecimal color code | "r"
| "g"
| "b"
| …
Line color, specified as an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal color code, a color name, or a short
name.
For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.
-
An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements
specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue
components of the color. The intensities must be in the
range[0,1]
, for example,[0.4
.
0.6 0.7] -
A hexadecimal color code is a character vector or a string
scalar that starts with a hash symbol (#
)
followed by three or six hexadecimal digits, which can range
from0
toF
. The
values are not case sensitive. Therefore, the color codes
"#FF8800"
,
"#ff8800"
,
"#F80"
, and
"#f80"
are equivalent.
Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color
options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Hexadecimal Color Code | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|---|
"red" |
"r" |
[1 0 0] |
"#FF0000" |
|
"green" |
"g" |
[0 1 0] |
"#00FF00" |
|
"blue" |
"b" |
[0 0 1] |
"#0000FF" |
|
"cyan"
|
"c" |
[0 1 1] |
"#00FFFF" |
|
"magenta" |
"m" |
[1 0 1] |
"#FF00FF" |
|
"yellow" |
"y" |
[1 1 0] |
"#FFFF00" |
|
"black" |
"k" |
[0 0 0] |
"#000000" |
|
"white" |
"w" |
[1 1 1] |
"#FFFFFF" |
|
"none" |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | No color |
Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Hexadecimal Color Code | Appearance |
---|---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
"#0072BD" |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
"#D95319" |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
"#EDB120" |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
"#7E2F8E" |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
"#77AC30" |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
"#4DBEEE" |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
"#A2142F" |
|
Example: "blue"
Example: [0
0 1]
Example: "#0000FF"
Line style, specified as one of the options listed in this table.
Line Style | Description | Resulting Line |
---|---|---|
"-" |
Solid line |
|
"--" |
Dashed line |
|
":" |
Dotted line |
|
"-." |
Dash-dotted line |
|
"none" |
No line | No line |
Line width, specified as a positive value in points, where 1 point = 1/72 of an inch. If the
line has markers, then the line width also affects the marker
edges.
The line width cannot be thinner than the width of a pixel. If you set the line width
to a value that is less than the width of a pixel on your system, the line displays as
one pixel wide.
Marker symbol, specified as one of the values listed in this table. By default, the object
does not display markers. Specifying a marker symbol adds markers at each data point or
vertex.
Marker | Description | Resulting Marker |
---|---|---|
"o" |
Circle |
|
"+" |
Plus sign |
|
"*" |
Asterisk |
|
"." |
Point |
|
"x" |
Cross |
|
"_" |
Horizontal line |
|
"|" |
Vertical line |
|
"square" |
Square |
|
"diamond" |
Diamond |
|
"^" |
Upward-pointing triangle |
|
"v" |
Downward-pointing triangle |
|
">" |
Right-pointing triangle |
|
"<" |
Left-pointing triangle |
|
"pentagram" |
Pentagram |
|
"hexagram" |
Hexagram |
|
"none" |
No markers | Not applicable |
Indices of data points at which to display markers, specified
as a vector of positive integers. If you do not specify the indices,
then MATLAB displays a marker at every data point.
Note
To see the markers, you must also specify a marker symbol.
Example: plot(x,y,"-o","MarkerIndices",[1 5 10])
displays a circle marker at
the first, fifth, and tenth data points.
Example: plot(x,y,"-x","MarkerIndices",1:3:length(y))
displays a cross
marker every three data points.
Example: plot(x,y,"Marker","square","MarkerIndices",5)
displays one square
marker at the fifth data point.
Marker outline color, specified as "auto"
, an RGB triplet, a
hexadecimal color code, a color name, or a short name. The default value of
"auto"
uses the same color as the Color
property.
For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.
-
An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements
specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue
components of the color. The intensities must be in the
range[0,1]
, for example,[0.4
.
0.6 0.7] -
A hexadecimal color code is a character vector or a string
scalar that starts with a hash symbol (#
)
followed by three or six hexadecimal digits, which can range
from0
toF
. The
values are not case sensitive. Therefore, the color codes
"#FF8800"
,
"#ff8800"
,
"#F80"
, and
"#f80"
are equivalent.
Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color
options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Hexadecimal Color Code | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|---|
"red" |
"r" |
[1 0 0] |
"#FF0000" |
|
"green" |
"g" |
[0 1 0] |
"#00FF00" |
|
"blue" |
"b" |
[0 0 1] |
"#0000FF" |
|
"cyan"
|
"c" |
[0 1 1] |
"#00FFFF" |
|
"magenta" |
"m" |
[1 0 1] |
"#FF00FF" |
|
"yellow" |
"y" |
[1 1 0] |
"#FFFF00" |
|
"black" |
"k" |
[0 0 0] |
"#000000" |
|
"white" |
"w" |
[1 1 1] |
"#FFFFFF" |
|
"none" |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | No color |
Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Hexadecimal Color Code | Appearance |
---|---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
"#0072BD" |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
"#D95319" |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
"#EDB120" |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
"#7E2F8E" |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
"#77AC30" |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
"#4DBEEE" |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
"#A2142F" |
|
Marker fill color, specified as "auto"
, an RGB triplet, a hexadecimal
color code, a color name, or a short name. The "auto"
option uses the
same color as the Color
property of the parent axes. If you specify
"auto"
and the axes plot box is invisible, the marker fill color is
the color of the figure.
For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet or a hexadecimal color code.
-
An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements
specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue
components of the color. The intensities must be in the
range[0,1]
, for example,[0.4
.
0.6 0.7] -
A hexadecimal color code is a character vector or a string
scalar that starts with a hash symbol (#
)
followed by three or six hexadecimal digits, which can range
from0
toF
. The
values are not case sensitive. Therefore, the color codes
"#FF8800"
,
"#ff8800"
,
"#F80"
, and
"#f80"
are equivalent.
Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color
options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.
Color Name | Short Name | RGB Triplet | Hexadecimal Color Code | Appearance |
---|---|---|---|---|
"red" |
"r" |
[1 0 0] |
"#FF0000" |
|
"green" |
"g" |
[0 1 0] |
"#00FF00" |
|
"blue" |
"b" |
[0 0 1] |
"#0000FF" |
|
"cyan"
|
"c" |
[0 1 1] |
"#00FFFF" |
|
"magenta" |
"m" |
[1 0 1] |
"#FF00FF" |
|
"yellow" |
"y" |
[1 1 0] |
"#FFFF00" |
|
"black" |
"k" |
[0 0 0] |
"#000000" |
|
"white" |
"w" |
[1 1 1] |
"#FFFFFF" |
|
"none" |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | No color |
Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB uses in many types of plots.
RGB Triplet | Hexadecimal Color Code | Appearance |
---|---|---|
[0 0.4470 0.7410] |
"#0072BD" |
|
[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980] |
"#D95319" |
|
[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250] |
"#EDB120" |
|
[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560] |
"#7E2F8E" |
|
[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] |
"#77AC30" |
|
[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330] |
"#4DBEEE" |
|
[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840] |
"#A2142F" |
|
Marker size, specified as a positive value in points, where 1 point = 1/72 of an inch.
DatetimeTickFormat
— Format for datetime
tick labels
character vector | string
Format for datetime
tick labels, specified as the comma-separated pair
consisting of "DatetimeTickFormat"
and a character
vector or string containing a date format. Use the letters
A-Z
and a-z
to construct a
custom format. These letters correspond to the Unicode® Locale Data Markup Language (LDML) standard for dates. You
can include non-ASCII letter characters such as a hyphen, space, or
colon to separate the fields.
If you do not specify a value for "DatetimeTickFormat"
, then
plot
automatically optimizes and updates the
tick labels based on the axis limits.
Example: "DatetimeTickFormat","eeee, MMMM d, yyyy HH:mm:ss"
displays a date
and time such as Saturday, April 19, 2014
.
21:41:06
The following table shows several common display formats and
examples of the formatted output for the date, Saturday, April 19,
2014 at 9:41:06 PM in New York City.
Value of DatetimeTickFormat |
Example |
---|---|
"yyyy-MM-dd" |
2014-04-19 |
"dd/MM/yyyy" |
19/04/2014 |
"dd.MM.yyyy" |
19.04.2014 |
"yyyy年 MM月 |
2014年 04月 19日 |
"MMMM d, yyyy" |
April 19, 2014 |
"eeee, MMMM d, yyyy HH:mm:ss" |
Saturday, April 19, 2014 21:41:06 |
"MMMM d, yyyy HH:mm:ss Z" |
April 19, 2014 21:41:06 -0400 |
For a complete list of valid letter identifiers, see the Format
property
for datetime arrays.
DatetimeTickFormat
is not a chart line property.
You must set the tick format using the name-value pair argument when
creating a plot. Alternatively, set the format using the xtickformat
and ytickformat
functions.
The TickLabelFormat
property of the datetime
ruler stores the format.
DurationTickFormat
— Format for duration
tick labels
character vector | string
Format for duration
tick labels, specified as the comma-separated pair
consisting of "DurationTickFormat"
and a character
vector or string containing a duration format.
If you do not specify a value for "DurationTickFormat"
, then
plot
automatically optimizes and updates the
tick labels based on the axis limits.
To display a duration as a single number that includes a fractional
part, for example, 1.234 hours, specify one of the values in this
table.
Value of DurationTickFormat |
Description |
---|---|
"y" |
Number of exact fixed-length years. A fixed-length year is equal to 365.2425 days. |
"d" |
Number of exact fixed-length days. A fixed-length day is equal to 24 hours. |
"h" |
Number of hours |
"m" |
Number of minutes |
"s" |
Number of seconds |
Example: "DurationTickFormat","d"
displays duration values in terms of
fixed-length days.
To display a duration in the form of a digital timer, specify
one of these values.
-
"dd:hh:mm:ss"
-
"hh:mm:ss"
-
"mm:ss"
-
"hh:mm"
In addition, you can display up to nine fractional
second digits by appending up to nine S
characters.
Example: "DurationTickFormat","hh:mm:ss.SSS"
displays the milliseconds of a
duration value to three digits.
DurationTickFormat
is not a chart line property.
You must set the tick format using the name-value pair argument when
creating a plot. Alternatively, set the format using the xtickformat
and ytickformat
functions.
The TickLabelFormat
property of the duration
ruler stores the format.
Tips
-
Use
NaN
andInf
values
to create breaks in the lines. For example, this code plots the first
two elements, skips the third element, and draws another line using
the last two elements: -
plot
uses colors and line styles based on theColorOrder
and
LineStyleOrder
properties of the axes.plot
cycles through the colors with
the first line style. Then, it cycles through the colors again with each
additional line style.You can change the colors and the line styles after plotting by
setting theColorOrder
or
LineStyleOrder
properties on the axes. You can also
call thecolororder
function to change the color order for all the axes
in the figure. (since R2019b)
Extended Capabilities
Tall Arrays
Calculate with arrays that have more rows than fit in memory.
Usage notes and limitations:
-
Supported syntaxes for tall arrays
X
andY
are:-
plot(X,Y)
-
plot(Y)
-
plot(___,LineSpec)
-
plot(___,Name,Value)
-
plot(ax,___)
-
-
X
must be in monotonically increasing order. -
Categorical inputs are not supported.
-
Tall inputs must be real column vectors.
-
With tall arrays, the
plot
function plots in iterations, progressively adding to the plot as more data is read. During the updates, a progress indicator shows the proportion of data that has been plotted. Zooming and panning is supported during the updating process, before the plot is complete. To stop the update process, press the pause button in the progress indicator.
For more information, see Visualization of Tall Arrays.
GPU Arrays
Accelerate code by running on a graphics processing unit (GPU) using Parallel Computing Toolbox™.
Usage notes and limitations:
-
This function accepts GPU arrays, but does not run on a GPU.
For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions on a GPU (Parallel Computing Toolbox).
Distributed Arrays
Partition large arrays across the combined memory of your cluster using Parallel Computing Toolbox™.
Usage notes and limitations:
-
This function operates on distributed arrays, but executes in the client MATLAB.
For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions with Distributed Arrays (Parallel Computing Toolbox).
Version History
Introduced before R2006a
expand all
R2022b: Plots created with tables preserve special characters in axis and legend labels
When you pass a table and one or more variable names to the plot
function, the axis and legend labels now display any special characters that are included in the table variable names, such as underscores. Previously, special characters were interpreted as TeX or LaTeX characters.
For example, if you pass a table containing a variable named Sample_Number
to the plot
function, the underscore appears in the axis and
legend labels. In R2022a and earlier releases, the underscores are interpreted as
subscripts.
Release | Label for Table Variable "Sample_Number" |
---|---|
R2022b |
|
R2022a |
|
To display axis and legend labels with TeX or LaTeX formatting, specify the labels manually.
For example, after plotting, call the xlabel
or
legend
function with the desired label strings.
xlabel("Sample_Number") legend(["Sample_Number" "Another_Legend_Label"])
R2022a: Pass tables directly to plot
Create plots by passing a table to the plot
function followed by the variables you want to plot. When you specify your data as a table, the axis labels and the legend (if present) are automatically labeled using the table variable names.