MATLAB, Lesson7

Other graphic plots types

Example

yr=[1988:1994];
sle=[8 12 20 22 18 24 27];
bar(yr,sle,'r')
xlabel('Year')
ylabel('Sales (Millions)')

2. Horizontal Bar Plot

Example
yr=[1988:1994];
sle=[8 12 20 22 18 24 27];

barh(yr,sle,'k')
xlabel('Sales (Millions)')
ylabel('Year')

3. Stairs Plot
Function format: stairs(x,y)

Example

yr=[1988:1994];
sle=[8 12 20 22 18 24 27];
stairs(yr,sle,'-.k','LineWidth',2)
xlabel('Year')
ylabel('Sales (Millions)')
grid on
title('Stairs Plot Type')

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
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4. Stem Plot
Function format: stem(x,y)

Example
yr=[1988:1994];
sle=[8 12 20 22 18 24 27];
stem(yr,sle,'b','linewidth',1.5)
grid on
title('Stem Polt Type')
xlabel('Year')
ylabel('Sales (Millions)')
text(1988.25, 27, 'just an Example for JCT
class')
legend('Years','Sales','Location','NE')

5. Pie Plot
Function format: pie(x,y)

Example
the table below shows the grades that were assigned to a class. The data is used to
create the pie chart that follows.

Grade A B C D E
Number of students 11 18 26 9 5

Function format: pie(x,y)

grd=[11 18 26 9 5];
pie(grd)
title('Class Grades')

Note!
The letters (grades) were added using the Plot Editor.

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
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Polar Plots
Polar coordinates, in which the position of a point in a plane is defined by the
angle θ and the radius (distance) to the point, are frequently used in the solution
of science and engineering problems. The polar command is used to plot
functions in polar coordinates. The command has the form:

Where theta and radius are vectors whose elements define the coordinates of the
points to be plotted

Example:

Plotting function r = 3 cos 2 (0 ⋅ 5 θ) + θ for 0 < θ < 2π

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
 MATLAB, Lesson7

Another Example of Polar Plot

The plot, shown in the figure, is Fermat’s spiral.

theta=[0:5*pi];
r=sqrt(theta);
polar(theta,r)

theta=[0:0.01:5*pi];
r=sqrt(theta);
polar(theta,r,'-k')
title('Fermat''s Spiral')
xlabel('Figure(1)- Polar Plot Type')
ylabel('')

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
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Example : bar plot

y=[22 44 55 66 ];

figure(1)
bar(y)
title('An Example of Bar Plot Type')
xlabel('x axis')
ylabel('y axis')
grid on

figure(2)
bar(y,0.3,'b') % Means 30 percent width
of bars
title('An Example of Bar Plot Type')
xlabel('x axis')
ylabel('y axis')

figure(3)
x=[100:10:130];
bar(x,y,0.5,'m') % 50% and changing the
value of x Axis
title('An Example of Bar Plot Type')
xlabel('x axis')
ylabel('y axis')
grid on

%groupping bars
figure(4)
x1=[2000:1:2004];
y1=[10 30;44 50; 60 70 ;80 60 ; 40 20];
bar(x1,y1,1, 'EdgeColor','k','LineWidth',2)
%100
title('An Example of Bar Plot Type')
xlabel('x axis')
ylabel('y axis')
text(2000, 75, 'Emad''s Class Example')
grid on
legend('Data1','Data2')

Important Note!
There are a lot of options to put on your plot. So, you have to look it up, by using the
Help command or the MATLAB website
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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
 MATLAB, Lesson7

Plotyy command
Plot specified parameters on X-Y plane with Y-axes on both left and right
sides
Example
clear all,clc,close all
x=linspace(0,4*pi,10);
y=x.^2.*sin(x)

x2=linspace(0,5*pi,20)
y2=x2.^3.*sin(x2);

%case 1
figure(1)
plot(x,y)
hold on
plot(x2,y2)
grid on
title('the y scale for
the blue...
curve is not clear ')
hold off

%case 2
figure(2)
plotyy(x,y,x2,y2)
grid on
title('a great example for Plotyy')

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
 MATLAB, Lesson7

Using the Plot Editor window to change priorities in the plot

Edit Plot Show Plot Tools

Legend the plot

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
 MATLAB, Lesson7

By clicking on
1. Show plot tools icon, or
2. Edit Plot icon, then double click on the plot,
You’ll have :
For 1

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
 MATLAB, Lesson7

For2
Depend on what you doubled clicked on

Or

For more information about using MATLAB Plot Editor, please see the
link : (210) How to Use MATLAB Plot Editor - YouTube

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
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Last Example

clear all
clc
t = linspace(-pi,pi, 350);
X = t .* sin( pi * .872*sin(t)./t);
Y = -abs(t) .* cos(pi * sin(t)./t);
plot(X,Y);
fill(X,Y,'r')
title('Thank you Class','FontSize',25)

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Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology
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3D plot

clear all
close all
clc

t=0:0.1:6*pi;

x=sqrt(t).*sin(2*t);
y=sqrt(t).*cos(2*t);
z=0.5*t;

plot3(x,y,z,'-r','linewidth',1.5)
grid on
xlabel('\bf xxxxx')
ylabel('\bf yyyyyy')
zlabel('\it zzzz \theta')
title('teheheheh')

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By Eng. Emad Alghamdi
Class of 2020, MATLAB, R2018a
Jeddah College of Technology