1. Net 222: Communications and networks fundamentals (Practical Part)
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Lab 2 : potting to Matlab

2. Lecture Contents Graph in MatLab 2-D plotting
Creating and Type of graph
Using Basic Plotting Functions
Plotting Multiple graph in same plot
Formatting plots
Save ,Print ,Close and Export figure
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3. 2-D plotting Creating and Type of graph Using Basic Plotting Functions
Plotting Multiple graph in same plot
Formatting plots
Save ,Print ,Close and Export figure
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4. Creating Graph in MATLAB
Line Plot
Pie Charts, Bar Plots, and Histograms
Command
Description
Plot, plot3
Create 2-D graph and 3-D
plotyy
2-D line plots with y-axes on both left and right side
loglog
Log-log scale plot
fplot
Plot function between specified limits
Command
Description
bar, bar3
Bar graph 2-D, 3-D
Pie, pie3
Pie graph 2-D, 3-D
hist
Histogram plot
Discrete Graph
Command
Description
Stem, stem3
Plot discrete sequence data 2-D, 3-D
stairs
Stairstep graph
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5. Type of graph
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6. POLTTING IN MATLAB Line plot FUNCTIONs: Plot example:
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7. POLTTING IN MATLAB Plot wit line specification example:
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8. POLTTING IN MATLAB
Plotyy ex:
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9. POLTTING IN MATLAB
Plot3 3D ex:
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10. Pie Charts, Bar Plots, and Histograms
Bar & br3 ex:
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11. Pie Charts, Bar Plots, and Histograms
Pie & hist ex:
This Matlab code creates a histogram with 3 bars. The first bar has two '1' values, the second bar has three '2' values, and the third bar has one '3' values. y = [ ] hist(y)
The horizontal axis has the different values in the vector to be plotted. The vertical axis has the number of those values in the vector.
Example 2: This Matlab code generates a histogram of 15 randomly distributed numbers between 0 and 1 (you can type 'help rand' on your command window to learn about random numbers).
Note that each column includes a range of values, otherwise the histogram would contain 15 bars. You can type ' help hist ' or ' help bar ' on your command window to see more details of use.
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12. Discrete Graph Stem and stairs ex:
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13. Plotting Functions
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14. 2-D Plotting Specify x-data and/or y-data
Specify color, line style and marker symbol
(Default values used if ‘clm not specified)
Syntax:
Plotting single line:
Plotting multiple lines:
plot(xdata, ydata, 'color_linestyle_marker')
If data is given, the information is entered as the elements of the vectors x and y.
If the values of y are determined by a function from the values of x, than a vector x is created first, and then the values of y are calculated for each value of x. The spacing (difference) between the elements of x must be such that the plotted curve will show the details of the function.
The PLOT functions is used to produce 2-dimensional curves, using x- and y-data matrices specified by the user. If not otherwise specified, a blue, solid line, without marker symbols is produced. However, PLOT also accepts character-string arguments that designate various colors, line styles and marker symbols for the resulting line.
For example, to produce a red dotted line with square markers at each data point, type:
» plot(x, y, 'r:square')
You can plot multiple lines at once, using pairs of x- and y-data. As with plotting single lines, the color, line style and marker information can be specified explicitly. However, if not specified, MATLAB automatically cycles through a predefined (but user settable) list of colors to identify each line. For example, the following statement plots three lines as a function of t (First = blue / Second = green / Third = red):
» plot(t, y1, t, y2, t, y3)
ANOTHER INTERESTING COMMAND:
COMET - produces comet-like trajectory of 2-D data points.
REF: Color, Line Style, Marker options:
For a complete listing of color, line style and marker options see the reference page at the end of this section.
plot(x1, y1, 'clm1', x2, y2, 'clm2', ...)

15. Line Specification
Three components can be specified in the string specifiers along with the plotting command. They are:
Line style
Marker symbol
Color
Meaning
Marker
down v
circle o
triangle left
<
diamond d
triangle right
>
hexagram h
up triangle ^
pentagram p
x -mark x
plus +
point .
square s
star *
Meaning
Color Specifiers
Blue b
Cyan c
Green g
Black k
Magenta m
Red r
Yellow y
Line style Specifiers
Meaning
'-'
Solid line (default)
'--'
Dashed line
':'
Dotted line
'-.'
Dash-dot line
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16. 2-D Plotting - example Create a Blue Sine Wave » x = 0:.1:2*pi;
» y = sin(x);
» plot(x,y)
In this example, the data plotted along the x-axis is defined as:
» x=0:0.1:2*pi;
The data plotted along the y-axis is defined as:
» y=sin(x);
Plot these data as follows (default = blue, solid line, no marker):
» plot(x,y)

17. Basic Task: Plot the function sin(x) between 0≤x≤4π
Create an x-array of 100 samples between 0 and 4π.
Calculate sin(.) of the x-array
Plot the y-array
>>x=linspace(0,4*pi,100);
>>y=sin(x);
>>plot(x,y)

18. Adding a Grid GRID ON creates a grid on the current figure
GRID OFF turns off the grid from the current figure
GRID toggles the grid state
grid on

19. Controlling the Axes Setting Axis Limits & Grids
The axis command lets you to specify your own limits: axis([xmin xmax ymin ymax])
You can use the axis command to make the axes visible or invisible: axis on / axis off
The grid command toggles grid lines on and off: grid on / grid off

20. Using Basic Plotting Functions
The following commands are useful when plotting:
Note that all text must be put within ' '.
Graphing functions
MATLAB command
Label the horizontal axis.
xlabel('text')
Label the vertical axis.
ylabel('text')
Attach a title to the plot.
title('text')
Change the limits on the x and y axis.
axis([xmin xmax ymin ymax])
"Keep plotting in the same window."
hold on
Turn off the "keep-plotting-in-the-same-window-command".
hold off
using the strings to label various curves
legend(‘string1’,’string2’,’string3’)
Places the string (text) on the plot at coordinate x,y relative to the plot axes.
text(x,y,’string’)
The title (), xlabel (), and ylabel () commands take a string argument in single quotes in order to label the top of the plot, the x-axis, and the y-axis, respectively. The axis () command takes a 2 or 4 element vector as its argument where the minimum and maximum x values are set or the minimum and maximum x and y values are set. Matlab will probably complain loudly if either xmax or ymax is less than xmin or ymin. The use of the axis () command allows the user to override the default setting that Matlab would otherwise pick. It can be use to look closely at a small window of data which would otherwise be unclear if a lot of points where available. It can be particularly useful when making an interactive plot that needs to resize itself.
The legend () command allows us to place a legend on a plot. The legend () command takes as its arguments a list of strings enclosed in single quotes that are the explanatory information you would like displayed next to a short sample of the line and data point display for a given set of data. The order of the strings must correspond to the order of the graphs that were added to the plot. In addition to the string, the legend () command can take a position argument that dictates where the legend is to be placed on the plot. The default is the upper right corner of the plot.
The text () command takes three arguments: an x and y location to begin writing a string and the text string that you would like displayed. The string must be enclosed in single quotes. The x and y location must be supplied in the same scale that is being used for the x and y axes. In other words, the location of the text string is relative to the plot. Fixed screen locations do not exist.
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21. Multiple graph
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22. Adding additional plots to a figure
PLOTTING MULTIPLE GRAPHS IN THE SAME PLOT
Plotting two (or more) graphs in one plot:
Using the plot command.
2. Using the hold on, hold off commands.
In addition to supplying multiple vector pairs to the plot () command, we can create graphs with multiple plots by using the hold on/hold off commands. Once a plot () command has been issued and hold on specified, all subsequent plot () commands will be plotted on the initial graph. Axis properties will be maintained for subsequent plots. If line specifiers are not specified in the subsequent plots, Matlab will use the default order and colors when drawing additional plots on the graph. To return to the default situation in which each plot () command causes a new plot to be drawn in the graph window, the hold off command must be issued.

23. Adding additional plots to a figure
HOLD ON holds the current plot
HOLD OFF releases hold on current plot
HOLD toggles the hold state
» x = 0:.1:2*pi;
y = sin(x);
» plot(x,y,'b')
» grid on
» hold on
» plot(x,exp(-x),'r:*')
By default, PLOT deletes existing lines and resets all axis properties when a new line is drawn (HOLD OFF).
To add lines to an existing plot turn HOLD ON.
In this mode, MATLAB does not remove the existing graph but adds new lines to the current plot. If the new data falls outside the range of the original axes, MATLAB will rescale the axes accordingly.
When you set HOLD OFF, the default mode is restored - PLOT command erases any existing plots and resets all axis properties before creating new plots.
When you call HOLD, by itself, the hold state is toggled
NOTE:
If you do not want MATLAB to rescale the axes, issue the command >>axis manual before you plot your second set of data.

24. Subplots
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25. Example
Example 1: Plot sin(x) and cos(x) over [0,2π], on the same plot with
different colours
Method 1:
>> x = linspace(0,2*pi,1000);
>> y = sin(x);
>> z = cos(x);
>> hold on;
>> plot(x,y,‘b’);
>> plot(x,z,‘g’);
>> xlabel (‘X values’);
>> ylabel (‘Y values’);
>> title (‘Sample Plot’);
>> legend (‘Y data’,‘Z data’);
>> hold off;
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26. Formatting
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Formatting plots
A plot can be formatted to have a required appearance.
With formatting you can:
Add title to the plot.
Add labels to axes.
Change range of the axes.
Add legend.
Add text blocks.
Add grid.
Instructor notes:
Matlab provides us with a host of formatting capabilities so that we can add all of the elements to a plot that make it easy for someone to use. We can format plots either through commands entered in a script/function file or directly from the command window.
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28. Formatting plots Formatting commands.
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Formatting plots
There are two methods to format a plot:
Formatting commands.
In this method commands, that make changes or additions to the plot, are entered after the plot() command. This can be done in the Command Window, or as part of a program in a script file.
Formatting the plot interactively in the Figure Window.
In this method the plot is formatted by clicking on the plot and using the menu to make changes or add details.
Instructor notes:
To reiterate...we can format plots via commands in the Command Window or script/function files. Additionally, plots can be formatted interactively using the icons provided in the Figure Window. In cases where multiple plots are being generated, it is probably most efficient to format them via commands such that Matlab takes care of the individual actions. Given a list of what to do, Matlab will be able to do it much more quickly.
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29. FORMATTING A PLOT IN THE FIGURE WINDOW
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FORMATTING A PLOT IN THE FIGURE WINDOW
Once a figure window is open, the figure can be formatted interactively.
Use the insert menu to
Use Figure, Axes, and Current Object-Properties in the Edit menu
Click here to start the plot edit mode.
Instructor notes:
It’s faster to format plots via the commands, especially if scripts are being run repeatedly or many plots are needed, however, it is possible to format plots interactively through the figure window.
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30. Close and Save fig.
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31. Close & Saving Plots
You can close all the current plots using ‘close all’
Often you may want to save a plot to include in another document, for example a Word document for a project report. From the figure window, save the plot in a file using the jpeg format. The jpeg format is pretty universal and compatible with MicroSoft Word and Powerpoint applications. It’s easy to do, give it a try.

32. Saving Figures files extenstion: .fig
also you can save .jpeg .tif .bmp .pdf.
»plot3d_soln

33. Printing Figures using the Dialog Box: from Command Line:
File Menu / Print...
>>printdlg
from Command Line:
Controlling Page Layout:
File Menu / Print Preview
>>printpreview
print
print('argument1','argument2',...)
For a complete listing of devices and options, see the online help for the PRINT command.

34. Exporting Figures Copying to Clipboard: Options: (Edit / Copy Option)
Copying: (Edit / Copy Figure)

35. Exercises Plot sin(x2) on the interval [-5,5].
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36. Exercises
2. Create three curve on the interval [0,2π] step π/ the curve equation y = sin(x), y2 = sin(x-.25), y3 = sin(x- .5);

37. The End
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