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CL2014 - MATLAB Programming - Lec05

This document discusses various plotting functions in MATLAB including: 1. The plot() function which can take a single vector or two vectors of the same length to plot data points. 2. Easy-to-use plotting functions like ezplot() for plotting simple equations. 3. Functions for annotating graphs like gtext(), text(), title(), xlabel(), and ylabel(). 4. Options for plot() like line styles, colors, and markers. 5. The subplot() function for creating multiple plots in a figure.

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CL2014 - MATLAB Programming - Lec05

This document discusses various plotting functions in MATLAB including: 1. The plot() function which can take a single vector or two vectors of the same length to plot data points. 2. Easy-to-use plotting functions like ezplot() for plotting simple equations. 3. Functions for annotating graphs like gtext(), text(), title(), xlabel(), and ylabel(). 4. Options for plot() like line styles, colors, and markers. 5. The subplot() function for creating multiple plots in a figure.

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CL2014

MATLAB Programming
Lecture: 05

Course Instructor
Engr Muhammad Umar Khan Niazi
Office: C1-21, Ext.: 218, Email: [email protected]
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2 Plots in MATLAB

 Graphs (in 2-D) are drawn with the plot statement.


 In its simplest form, it takes a single vector argument as in plot(y).
 In this case the elements of y are plotted against their indexes, e.g.,
plot(rand(1, 20)) plots 20 random numbers against the integers
1–20, joining successive points with straight lines.
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 Probably the most common form of plot is plot(x, y) where x and y are
vectors of the same length, e.g.,

x = 0:pi/40:4*pi;
plot(x, sin(x))
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 MATLAB has a set of ‘easy-to-use’ plotting commands, all starting with


the string ‘ez’. The easy-to-use form of plot is ezplot, e.g.,
ezplot(’tan(x)’)
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 MATLAB has a set of ‘easy-to-use’ plotting commands, all starting with


the string ‘ez’. The easy-to-use form of plot is ezplot, e.g.,
ezplot(’tan(x)’)
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 Graphs may be labeled with the following statements:


gtext(’text’)
 Writes a string (’text’) in the graph window. gtext puts a cross-hair in
the graph window and waits for a mouse button or keyboard key to be
pressed. The cross-hair can be positioned with the mouse or the arrow
keys. For example,
gtext( ’X marks the spot’ )
7 Graph Annotation
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 Grid adds/removes grid lines to/from the current graph. The grid state
may be toggled
 text(x, y, ’text’) writes text in the graphics window at the
point specified by x and y. If x and y are vectors, the text is written at
each point.
 title(’text’) writes the text as a title on top of the graph.
 xlabel(’horizontal’) labels the x-axis.
 ylabel(’vertical’) labels the y-axis
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 To plot x against y

x 1 2 3 5 7 7.5 8 10

y 2 6.5 7 7 5.5 4 6 8

>> x=[1 2 3 5 7 7.5 8 10];


>> y=[2 6.5 7 7 5.5 4 6 8];
>> plot(x,y)

Once the plot command is executed, the Figure Window opens with the
following plot.
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Line specifiers can be added in the plot command to:
 Specify the style of the line.
 Specify the color of the line.
 Specify the type of the markers (if markers are desired).

plot(x,y,’line specifiers’)
Line Specifier Line Specifier Marker Specifier
Style Color Type

Solid - red r plus sign +


dotted : green g circle o
dashed -- blue b asterisk *
dash-dot -. Cyan c point .
magenta m square s
yellow y diamond d
black k
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Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

Sales (M) 127 130 136 145 158 178 211

>> year = [1988:1:1994];


>> sales = [127, 130, 136, 145, 158, 178, 211];
>> plot(year,sales,'--r*')
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x = -pi:pi/10:pi;
y = tan(sin(x)) - sin(tan(x));

figure
plot(x,y,'--
gs','LineWidth',2,'MarkerSize',10,'MarkerEdgeColor','b','MarkerFace
Color',[0.5,0.5,0.5])
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subplot(2,2,1)
x = linspace(0,10);
y1 = sin(x);
plot(x,y1)
title('Subplot 1: sin(x)')

subplot(2,2,2)
y2 = sin(2*x);
plot(x,y2)
title('Subplot 2: sin(2x)')

subplot(2,2,3)
y3 = sin(4*x);
plot(x,y3)
title('Subplot 3: sin(4x)')

subplot(2,2,4)
y4 = sin(8*x);
plot(x,y4)
title('Subplot 4: sin(8x)')

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