I am trying to format my graph so that the border ends at the max x and max y so there is not extra space between them and the border. Also, I'm trying to completely replace my first plot command with my second one. Should I just delete my first plot? Currently, the second plot goes over my first plot, removing most of my formatting.
clear all, close all
%%command to clear all variables and log history
x = linspace(-pi, pi, 200);
%creating x variable between - pi and 200 with pi distance between each
%value
y = sin(x) + cos(x);
%Creating y varable with the help of x
figure
plot(x,y)
title('2-D Plot')
xlabel('Theta (in radians)')
ylabel('Function Y')
xlim([-pi pi])
ylim([-1.414 1.414])
grid
plot(x,y,'r--')
grid
To fit the axes box tightly around the data without manually adjusting the axis limits, use:
axis tight;
and instead of re-plotting, you can update the relevant properties of the line.
x = linspace(-pi, pi, 200);
y = sin(x) + cos(x);
figure;
h = plot(x,y); %handle for the line plot
title('2-D Plot');
xlabel('Theta (in radians)');
ylabel('Function Y');
grid;
axis tight; %to set the axis limits equal to the range of the data
set(h, 'LineStyle', '--', 'Color', 'r'); %Updating the plot with required changes
I have the following graph in Matlab:
I have tried using 'xTick' and 'yTick' to make the axis on each subplot the same, but it's not accomplishing what I would like it to. I also want the both axes of each subplot to share the same range so that I can easily compare the graphs. (i.e. ranging from 0 - 20, in y, and 0 - 400 in x).
I'm not sure how to change this.
My attempt is below. Does anyone know how to do this?
figure()
hold on
subplot (1,2,1);
% xlim([0 400]);
% ylim([0 25]);
graph_made = [num_calls_made];
plot (graph_made);
title('Number of calls made')
xlabel('ID Number of caller');
ylabel('Number of calls');
set(gca, 'XTick', [0:100:400]);
set(gca, 'YTick', [0:5:20]);
subplot (1,2,2);
graph_rec = [num_calls_received];
plot (graph_rec);
title('Number of calls received')
xlabel('ID Number of caller');
ylabel('Number of calls');
set(gca, 'XTick', [0:100:400]);
set(gca, 'YTick', [0:5:20]);
hold off
If you want the axes limits to stay linked as a user interactively zooms or pans, you can also use the linkaxes command...
subplot(1,2,1)
% your plotting code here...
ax = gca; %get the handle to the current axis
subplot(1,2,2)
% your plotting code here...
ax(end+1) = gca; %get the handle to the current axis
linkaxes(ax); %this will link both the x and y axes.
XTick and YTick only change where the labels on axes go, not the limits of the axes. To change those, you have to use axis (or xlim and ylim):
axis([0 400 0 20]) %// [xmin xmax ymin ymax]
I am plotting two maps next to each other using subplot. However, now, the image is turning out like this:
Is there any way to make the map part of the image larger? I would like to plot the maps side by side, by in this image, the resolution is low and the size is small.
%% Graph one site at a time
nFrames = 6240; % Number of frames.
for k = 94:nFrames
h11 = subplot(1,2,1); % PM2.5
% Map of conterminous US
ax = figure(1);
set(ax, 'visible', 'off', 'units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 1 1]);
ax = usamap('conus');
set(ax,'Position',get(h11,'Position'));
delete(h11);
states = shaperead('usastatelo', 'UseGeoCoords', true,...
'Selector',...
{#(name) ~any(strcmp(name,{'Alaska','Hawaii'})), 'Name'});
faceColors = makesymbolspec('Polygon',...
{'INDEX', [1 numel(states)], 'FaceColor', 'none'}); % NOTE - colors are random
geoshow(ax, states, 'DisplayType', 'polygon', ...
'SymbolSpec', faceColors)
framem off; gridm off; mlabel off; plabel off
hold on
% Plot data
scatterm(ax,str2double(Lat_PM25{k})', str2double(Lon_PM25{k})', 25, str2double(data_PM25{k})', 'filled');
% Colorbar
caxis([5 30]);
h = colorbar;
ylabel(h,'ug/m3');
% Title
title(['PM2.5 24-hr Concentration ', datestr(cell2mat(date_PM25(k)), 'mmm dd yyyy')]);
%%%%
h22 = subplot(1,2,2); % O3
% Map of conterminous US
ax2 = usamap('conus');
set(ax2,'Position',get(h22,'Position'));
delete(h22);
states = shaperead('usastatelo', 'UseGeoCoords', true,...
'Selector',...
{#(name) ~any(strcmp(name,{'Alaska','Hawaii'})), 'Name'});
faceColors = makesymbolspec('Polygon',...
{'INDEX', [1 numel(states)], 'FaceColor', 'none'}); % NOTE - colors are random
geoshow(ax2, states, 'DisplayType', 'polygon', ...
'SymbolSpec', faceColors)
framem off; gridm off; mlabel off; plabel off
hold on
% Plot data
scatterm(ax2,str2double(Lat_O3{k})', str2double(Lon_O3{k})', 25, str2double(data_O3{k})'*1000, 'filled');
hold on
% Colorbar
caxis([10 90]);
h = colorbar;
ylabel(h,'ppb');
% Title
title(['O3 MDA8 Concentration ', datestr(cell2mat(date_O3(k)), 'mmm dd yyyy')]); % Title changes every daytitle(str);
% Capture the frame
mov(k) = getframe(gcf); % Makes figure window pop up
% Save as jpg
eval(['print -djpeg map_US_' datestr(cell2mat(date_PM25(k)),'yyyy_mm_dd') '_PM25_24hr_O3_MDA8.jpg']);
clf
end
close(gcf)
To change the amount of space the data occupies in the figure, you can use this command:
set(gca,'Position',[0.1 .1 0.75 0.85])
You'll have to play with the numbers a bit, to get things look nice. Note that Matlab rescales everything when you resize the figure window, so the optimal numbers depend on the window size you want to use.
On the other hand, you want to make the map bigger in comparison to the colorbar. You cannot make it without changing your window size, because your maps are already as high as the color bars. I would suggest to:
Set caxis to the same range in both plots.
Remove the colorbar on the left one.
Increase the height of your figure window to make the maps occupy as much width as possible.
Put the two images nicelye side by side using the command above.
For more information, see Matlab Documentation on Axes Properties.
Example:
% Default dimenstions
figure
x = 1:.1:4;
y = x;
[X, Y] = meshgrid(x,y);
subplot(1,2,1)
h = pcolor(X, Y, sin(X).*cos(Y)*2);
set(h, 'EdgeAlpha', 0);
axis square
colorbar
subplot(1,2,2)
h = pcolor(X, Y, sin(Y).*cos(X));
set(h, 'EdgeAlpha', 0);
axis square
colorbar
% adjust dimensions
subplot(1,2,1)
set(gca, 'Position', [0.1 0.1 0.3 0.85])
subplot(1,2,2)
set(gca, 'Position', [0.55 0.1 0.3 0.85])
This blog post has many great examples of FileExchange scripts dealing with size of subplots.
subplot_tight works very well and makes the subplots larger. Instead of writing in subplot(1,2,1), use subplot_tight(1,2,1)
My problem was similar -> scaling subplots in a figure a bit more up. Important for me though, was to maintain the aspect ratio that I've set before.
Enhancing the answer from #texnic in order to not have to set the values manually, one might use the following:
scale = 1.1; % Subplot scale
subplot(1,2,1)
% Your plotting here ...
pos = get(gca, 'Position'); % Get positions of the subplot [left bottom width height]
set(gca, 'Position', [pos(1) pos(2) pos(3)*scale pos(4)*scale]); % Scale width and height
Understanding this, one can also easily implement a parametric move of the subplot.
I am trying to plot a 512*512 matrix with specified axes values. This is the code I am using but somehow the returned figure still shows the axes labelled as 512 * 512.
x = [0,1];
y = [0,100];
X = reshape(prob_to_1,512,512);
colormap('hot');
figure;
subplot(1,1,1);
axis([0 1 0 100]);
imagesc(X);
I want the final figure to be labelled between 0-1 on y-axes and between 0-100 on the x-axes.
Any suggestions/ideas?
Thanks!!
Unfortunately you cannot do it directly but have to set custom tick labels like this:
X = magic(512); % just some test data
imagesc(X);
set(gca, 'XTick', [0:0.1:1]*512, 'XTickLabel', [0:0.1:1]*100) % 10 ticks
set(gca, 'YTick', [0:0.05:1]*512, 'YTickLabel', [0:0.05:1]) % 20 ticks
Adjust the spacing of the ticks to change the number of ticks accordingly.
How can I make the vertical axes of two plots equal?
For example:
a = [1 2 3; 21 1 3; 4 2 3; 4 5 6]
After plotting plot(a(1, :)) I get the following figure:
I have done some simple operations:
[U E V] = svd(a);
figure(2);
plot(U(1,:))
And get another figure:
How do I make the y-axis limits of both plots equal? Is it with the axes equal command?
UPDATE:
I've used the following commands:
figure (1)
ylim([0 3])
plot(a(1,:))
figure (2);
ylim([0 3])
plot(U(1,:))
But get the same result...
You can use ylim to force limits on the y-axis. For example:
figure(1)
%// Some plotting...
ylim([0 3])
figure(2)
%// Some more plotting
ylim([0 3])
This ensures that the y-axis is limited to the range [0, 3] in both plots. You can do the same for the limits of the x-axis with the command xlim.
Also note that if you want to set the limits for both axes at once, instead of using xlim and ylim (two commands), you can use axis (one command).
you can use the ylim or xlim functions.
You can clone the limits of one plot to another plot in this fashion:
h1 = figure;
% do first plot...
h2 = figure;
%do second plot...
% set first figure as active
figure(h1);
%get limits properties of the axes that are drawn in Figure 1
xL = get(gca, 'XLim');
yL = get(gca, 'YLim');
%switch to second figure and set it as active
figure(h2);
%set axis limit properties of Figure 2 to be the same as in Figure 1
set(gca, 'XLim', xL);
set(gca, 'YLim', yL);