1.Add title ,axis Lables, and Legend to Graph:
1 x=linspace(-2*pi,2pi,100); 2 y1=sin(x); 3 y2=cos(x); 4 figure 5 plot(x,y1,x,y2); 6 title(‘Graph of sine and cosine between -2\pi and 2\pi‘);% to display Greek symbols in a title,use the tex markup ‘\‘ 7 xlabel(‘-2\pi<x<2\pi‘); % x-axis label 8 ylabel(‘sine and cosine value‘);% y-axis label 9 legend(‘y=sin(x)‘,‘y=cos(x)‘); % add legend
2.change Graph axis Limits functions:
Axis function: Axis([xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax]); or xlim([xmin,xmax])/ylim([ymin,ymax])/zlim([zmin,zmax])
3.Change Tick Marks and Tick Labels of Graph:
x=linspace(-10,10,200); y=cos(x); figure plot(x,y) h=gca; % Use gca to get the handle for the current axes h.XTick=[-3*pi,-2*pi,-pi,0,pi,2*pi,3*pi]; h.YTick=[-1,-0.5,0,0,5,1]; % Change the location of the tick marks on the plot % by setting the XTick and YTick properties of the % axes. h.XTickLabel={‘-3pi‘,‘-2pi‘,‘-pi‘,‘0‘,‘pi‘,‘2pi‘,‘3pi‘}; h.YTickLabel={‘min=1‘,‘-0.5‘,‘0‘,‘0.5‘,‘max=1‘};
Specify tick mark labels by setting the XTickLabel and YTickLabel porperties of the axes, Set these properties using
a cell array of string with the desired labels .If you do not specify enough text labels for all the tick marks,then
MATLAB cycles through the labels.
4. grid on : to display the major grid lines, The grid on command sets the XGrid,YGrid,and ZGrid axes prperties.
5. grid minor: to display the minor grid lines,The grid minor command sets the XMinorGrid/YMinorGrid, and ZMinorGrid properties.
6. grid off : to remove the grid lines,
7.Display Grid Lines in Single Direction:
x=-10:10; y=x.^2; figure plot(x, y); ax=gca; ax.XGrid=‘on‘; % setting the XGrid axes property to ‘on ‘ and the YGrid axes property to ‘off‘ ax.YGrid=‘off‘; ax.XMinorGrid=‘on‘; % setting the XGridMinor axes property to ‘on ‘ and the YGridMinor axes ax.YMinorGrid=‘off‘; % property to ‘off‘
8.Change Grid Line Style:
x=-10:10 y=x.^2; figure plot(x,y) grid on grid minor ax=gca; ax.GridLineStyle=‘-‘; %change the grid line style using the GridLineStyle and ax.MinorGridLineStyle=‘-‘; %MinorGridLineStyle axes properties.