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Plotting With Matlab

This document discusses various plotting techniques in MATLAB. It shows how to: 1) Create a basic plot by specifying the x and y variables. 2) Plot multiple curves simultaneously by passing multiple x and y variable pairs to the plot command. 3) Add options like setting axis scales or limits after creating the plot.

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Plotting With Matlab

This document discusses various plotting techniques in MATLAB. It shows how to: 1) Create a basic plot by specifying the x and y variables. 2) Plot multiple curves simultaneously by passing multiple x and y variable pairs to the plot command. 3) Add options like setting axis scales or limits after creating the plot.

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Plotting with Matlab
All Matlab variables must have numerical values:
>> x = -10:.1:10;
The basic plot command:
>> plot(sin(x))
Note that the horizontal axis is marked according to the index, not the value of x. Fix this as follows:
>> plot( x, sin(x) )
This is the same thing as plotting "parametric curves."
We can plot the "inverse relationship" (for example, the squaring function and +/- square root) easily:
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>> plot( x, x.^2 ) >> plot( x.^2, x )
or a spiral in two or in three dimensions:
>> t = 0:.1:10; plot( t .* cos(t), t .* sin(t) ) >> plot3( t .* cos(t), t .* sin(t), t )
Plot several curves simultaneously with plot(x1, y1, x2, y2, ...):
>> plot( x, cos(x), x, 1 - x.^2./2, x, 1 - x.^2./2 + x.^4./24 )
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Let's add some options [first plot, then options] -- the order of the options can affect the result!
We will first make the scales [the "ratio"] equal, then set the plotting window to be -6 < x < 6, -2 < y < 2.
Here's another example, a semilog plot. In the graphic we also have introduced another variation, the "plot
matrix" -- to learn more, enter the command help subplot
>> plot( x, exp(x) ), set(gca,'yscale','log')
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Here are other ways to graph multiple curves, using matrices (plotted by columns) and using "hold."
Functions of two variables may be plotted, as well, but some "setup" is required!
>> [x y] = meshgrid(-3:.1:3, -3:.1:3);
>> z = x.^2 - y.^2;
Here are two options for plotting the surface. Look at the help page for details.
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