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MATLAB For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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MATLAB For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by John Paul Mueller, Jim Sizemore
June 2021
Beginner
496 pages
11h 46m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 6

Understanding Plotting Basics

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Defining and understanding plots

check Working with the plot function

check Changing plot specifics

check Creating 2D plots

MATLAB includes fabulous routines for plotting (or graphing) the data and expressions that you supply to the software. Using MATLAB’s familiar interface, you can produce visual representations of various functions and data sets, including 2D x-y graphs, log scales, bar, and polar plots, as well as many other options. The visuals that MATLAB produces resemble anything from the graph of an algebraic equation to pie charts often used in business and to specialized graphs.

In this chapter, you find out how to use 2D plotting functions to create expression and data plots and how the same process works with other plotting routines in MATLAB. You also discover the commonly used visual styles for representing various types of data, how to combine plots, and how to modify the plots to match specific data sets.

Considering Plots

A plot is simply a visualization of data. Most people see a series of numbers in a table and can’t really ...

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