Lab # 03- SS

Basic Graphic Commands

Lab Objectives:To understand M-files principle.To plot multiple plots on a single graph.To use different parameters on the graph.To plot multiple graphs in a single graph

window.

M-Files/ Script files:

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So far, you’ve seen that MATLAB can accept and execute commands interactively through the command prompt… what happens if you’ve got A LOT of commands

to execute?You can do this in Matlab. This kind of file is

called a script file or M-file (M for MATLAB!)You place all commands you want to execute in a

file with extension .m at the end, and you run the script file

MATLAB will run all of these commands in sequence for you.

MATLAB has a M-file editor that you can use where you can create your scripts.

M-File

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Script Files

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Once a script file has been created, type in the name of the file (without the .m) in the command prompt to execute the script

When you execute a script file, all of the variables created in the script file get stored in the workspace for future use

The great thing about script files is that commands can be re-executed without having to enter them all again!All you have to do is modify parts of the script file to give

you the result you wantLet’s do an example:

Let’s make the factorial example into a script file

Example #1

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Lab Task-01The script file is now set to compute 4!

What if I wanted to do 9!, or 12!, or 5! ?Hint-Just change the n parameter

accordingly

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Basic Graphics Commands MATLAB provides a variety of sophisticated

techniques for presenting and visualizing data. Also, MATLAB makes it very easy to plot data!

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2D plotting:

If x and y are arrays of elements that are the same size, you can plot them using this data with the following command:

plot(x, y);

This will bring up a window plotting a graph of y vs. x

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Example # 02Here’s a basic example:Let’s say I wanted to

plot the line y = xHere’s the syntax:

This is what the graph looks like…

To use the ‘plot’ function in Matlab, you should first make sure that the matrices/vectors you are trying to use are of equal dimensions.

Lab Task-02

Plot the following:A) y1=2xB) y2=x+3C) y3=2x+2z

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Multiple plots on a single Graph:If you want to plot multiple plots on a

single graph, you do the following:plot(x1,y1,x2,y2,…,xN,yN);

N is the number of plots you want to appear on the single graph.

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Example # 03Let’s do another example:

Let’s plot the following 5 lines:y1 = 0.1xy2 = 0.5xy3 = 2xy4 = 5xy5 = 10x

For now, let’s make them all go from 0 to 10 in step sizes of 0.1

These plots don’t all have to have the same step size!

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Write this in the command prompt in MATLABYou can also make a script file too if you want!

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MATLAB automatically color codes the different plots that are on the graph

You can add a title, label the axes, put a grid on and even a legend!

You can add these in the graph GUI that you’ve just seen, or do it through the command prompt

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Labelling Axes:So let’s add a title, add a grid, label the axes and put up a

legend.

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grid puts a grid on the graphThe spacing for the grid is automatically figured out by

MATLABtitle(‘…’) lets your graph have a titlexlabel(‘…’), ylabel(‘…’) labels the x and y

axes accordinglyPut the labels inside the quotationsDon’t forget the quotations ‘ ‘!

legend(‘…’, ‘…’, …, ‘…’) produces a legend, labeling what each plot is on the graph

By default, MATLAB takes all points and connects them with a solid line, and it’s got its own way of determining which colour belongs to what plot

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Additional parameters for Graph Platting:

In addition to the x and y points, you specify an additional parameter:plot(x, y, ‘line_style’);

line_style is a character string of 2 charactersThe 1st character specifies the colour of your

plotThe 2nd character specifies how your plot will be

plotted on the graph, or the plot style

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Supported colours:blue, green, red, cyan, magenta, yellow, black

Supported plot styles:

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Examples:x = 0:0.1:10;y = x;plot(x,y,’g.’);

This will plot a green line with dots at each pointplot(x,y,’bo’);

This will plot a blue line with circles at each pointplot(x,y,'rx’);

This will plot a red line with crosses at each point

Lab Task-03X = [3 9 27]; % dependent vectors of

interestY = [10 8 6];Z = [4 4 4];t = [1 2 3]; % independent vectorPlot these vectors in a single graph and

embellish with custom colors. Also display legend of the graph.

Multiple plots in different Graph windows:the figure command can be used to display

multiple plots in separate figure windows.

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Multiple Graphs in One Window:There is also a way to produce multiple

graphs in one windowYou can have more than 1 graph in one window

at a time!Multiple plots can be displayed within a single

figure window using the subplot function, which can be called as follows:

 subplot(rows, cols, whichArea)

Each slot takes in a graph

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How do we use the subplot command?

subplot(m,n,p) or subplot(mnp)

These determine the number of rows (m) and columns (n) for the amount of graphs you want

p determines which location in the window you want the plot to go to

The order is from left to right, top to bottomIn order to properly use subplot, you must call

this function firstAfter, you code the syntax to plot something

normally

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Here’s a small example:If I wanted to make a window that has 4 plots, 2

plots in each row 2 rows, here’s what I’d do

Do subplot(221) Specify that we want to work on the top left corner

Next, code the syntax to plot normally. The plot will appear on the top left corner

Do subplot(222) Specify that we want to work on the top right corner

Next, code the syntax to plot normally. The plot will appear on the top right corner

Do subplot(223) Specify that we want to work on the bottom left corner

Next, code the syntax to plot normally. The plot will appear on the bottom left corner

Do subplot(224) Specify that we want to work on the bottom right corner

Next, code the syntax to plot normally. The plot will appear on the bottom right corner

Example:To plot rate in the top half of a figure

and growth in the bottom half,

rate= [3.2 4.1 5.0 5.6]; growth = [2.5 4.0 3.35 4.9]; figure;subplot(2,1,1); plot(rate) subplot(2,1,2); plot(growth)

Lab Task -04y1=2x, y2=4x, y3=6x, y4=8x; x= -5:0.1:5;

Plot all these 4 outputs on a single graph window. Mention x-label, y-label on each. And display your Roll no: on top of the graph window.