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Plotting Techniques in MATLAB

The document compares and contrasts the ezplot, plot, and fplot commands in MATLAB for plotting functions. Ezplot is used for explicitly defined functions of one variable over a default domain. Plot creates 2D line plots of data and allows customizing line styles and colors. Fplot plots functions and parametric curves over customizable intervals.

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Plotting Techniques in MATLAB

The document compares and contrasts the ezplot, plot, and fplot commands in MATLAB for plotting functions. Ezplot is used for explicitly defined functions of one variable over a default domain. Plot creates 2D line plots of data and allows customizing line styles and colors. Fplot plots functions and parametric curves over customizable intervals.

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Ezplot, Plot and FPlot

 We have used different plotting command to


plot the curve in MATLAB.

 We will go through these command and check


what are the differences between these.
ezplot Command
 ezplot(fun) plots the expression fun(x) over the default
domain -2π < x < 2π, where fun(x) is an explicit
function of only x.

 ezplot(fun)
 ezplot(fun,[xmin,xmax])
 ezplot(funx,funy)
ezplot
For example
Passing the Function as a Character Vector or String
ezplot('x^2')

Ezplot('x^2-y^4')

Passing a Function Handle


fh = @(x,y) x.^2 + y.^3 - 2*y - 1;
ezplot(fh)
plot Command
 Plot function also plots a 2-D line plot.
 plot(X,Y) creates a 2-D line plot of the data in Y versus
the corresponding values in X.

 plot(X,Y,LineSpec) sets the line style, marker symbol,


and color.
 plot(X1,Y1,...,Xn,Yn) plots multiple X, Y pairs using the
same axes for all lines.
plot
 plot(X1,Y1,LineSpec1,...,Xn,Yn,LineSpecn) sets the line
style, marker type, and color for each line. You can mix
X, Y, LineSpec triplets with X, Y pairs.
 For example, plot(X1,Y1,X2,Y2,LineSpec2,X3,Y3).

 x = 0:pi/100:2*pi;
 y = sin(x);
 plot(x,y)
 x = linspace(-2*pi,2*pi);
 y1 = sin(x);
 y2 = cos(x);

 plot(x,y1,x,y2)

 Y = magic(4)
 plot(Y)
Specify Line Style
 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,':')
Specify Line Style, Color, and Marker
 x = linspace(0,10);
 y = sin(x);
 plot(x,y,'-o','MarkerIndices',1:5:length(y))
Line Style
 Line Style Description
- Solid line
 -- Dashed line
: Dotted line
 -. Dash-dot line
Marker
 Marker Description
 'o' Circle
 '+' Plus sign
 '*' Asterisk
 '.' Point
 'x' Cross
 '_' Horizontal line
 '|' Vertical line
 's' Square
 'd' Diamond
 '^' Upward-pointing triangle
 'v' Downward-pointing triangle
 '>' Right-pointing triangle
 '<' Left-pointing triangle
 'p' Pentagram
 'h' Hexagram
Color

Color Description
y Yellow
m magenta
c cyan
r red
g green
b blue
w white
fplot Command
 Plot expression or function

 fplot(f) plots the curve defined by the function y = f(x)


over the default interval [-5 5] for x.

 fplot(f,xinterval) plots over the specified interval.


Specify the interval as a two-element vector of the
form [xmin xmax].
 fplot(funx,funy) plots the curve defined by x = funx(t)
and y = funy(t) over the default interval [-5 5] for t.

 fplot(funx,funy,tinterval) plots over the specified


interval. Specify the interval as a two-element vector of
the form [tmin tmax].

 fplot(___,LineSpec) specifies the line style, marker


symbol, and line color. For example, '-r' plots a red
line. Use this option after any of the input argument
combinations in the previous syntaxes.
Examples
 Plot sin(x) over the default x interval [-5 5].
 fplot(@(x) sin(x))

 Plot Parametric Curve

 xt = @(t) cos(3*t);
 yt = @(t) sin(2*t);
 fplot(xt,yt)
Specify Plotting Interval and Plot
Piecewise Functions
fplot(@(x) sin(x+pi/5),'Linewidth',2);
hold on
fplot(@(x) sin(x-pi/5),'--or');
fplot(@(x) sin(x),'-.*c')
hold off
Plot Multiple Lines in Same Axes
 fplot(@(x) sin(x))
 hold on
 fplot(@(x) cos(x))
 hold off

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