Error in extracting values from bar chart? - matlab

Question

d=[1 2 3 4;5 6 7 8;9 10 11 12;13 14 15 16]
bar_widh=0.2;
figure;
h = bar(d,bar_widh);
for i=1:2:4
for j=1:4
x=d(i,j)
y=d(i+1,j)
figure,plot(x,y);
end
i=i+1;
end
In this code I had plotted a bar chart and I want to extract values from bar chart. (Values are correctly extracted but only one point is plotted; not a line) But i'm getting wrong results.
My aim is to plot a line between
d(1,1) and d(2,1);d(3,1) and d(4,1);
d(1,2) and d(2,2);d(3,2) and d(4,2);
d(1,3) and d(2,3);d(3,3) and d(4,3);
d(1,4) and d(2,4);d(3,4) and d(4,4);
In first figure I need 2 lines(from 1 column); in second figure I need 2 lines(from 2 column); in third figure I need 2 lines(from 3 column) and in fourth figure I need 2 lines(from 4 column).
no.of figures=no.of columns
Version 2
I tried another version
d=[1 2 3 4;5 6 7 8;9 10 11 12;13 14 15 16]
bar_widh=0.2;
figure;
h = bar(d,bar_widh);
saveas(h,'testfigure.fig');
clear
close all
h=hgload('testfigure.fig');
ch=get(h,'Children');
l=get(ch,'Children');
x=get(l,'Xdata');
y=get(l,'Ydata');
and i'm getting error as
Error using get
Conversion to double from cell is not possible.
Error in Untitled5 (line 10)
l=get(ch,'Children');

Answer 1

d=[1 2 3 4;5 6 7 8;9 10 11 12;13 14 15 16];
bar_widh=0.2;
figure;
h = bar(d,bar_widh);
figure; hold on;
for i = 1:size(d,2)
x = [d(1,i) d(2,i)];
y = [d(3,i) d(4,i)];
plot(x,y);
end
To plot a line, you must make sure the parameters x and y in plot(x,y) are vectors than scalars. For example, to plot a line between P1 = [P1x, P1y] and P2 = [P2x, P2y], the paramenters should be:
x = [P1x, P2x]; y = [P1y, P2y];