linestyleorder

Create a matrix containing 10 columns of y-coordinates.

Y = (10:15)'- (0:9)

Y = 6×10

    10     9     8     7     6     5     4     3     2     1
    11    10     9     8     7     6     5     4     3     2
    12    11    10     9     8     7     6     5     4     3
    13    12    11    10     9     8     7     6     5     4
    14    13    12    11    10     9     8     7     6     5
    15    14    13    12    11    10     9     8     7     6

Plot the matrix using the default line style order, which consists of one line style (solid).

plot(Y,LineWidth=1)

Change the line style order to "mixedstyles".

linestyleorder("mixedstyles")

Change the line style order to "mixedmarkers".

linestyleorder("mixedmarkers")

Specify a custom line style order which uses different combinations of line and marker specifiers.

linestyles = ["-","-o","--d"];
linestyleorder(linestyles)

Create a matrix containing six columns of y-coordinates.

Y = (10:15)'- (0:5)

Y = 6×6

    10     9     8     7     6     5
    11    10     9     8     7     6
    12    11    10     9     8     7
    13    12    11    10     9     8
    14    13    12    11    10     9
    15    14    13    12    11    10

Plot the matrix using the default line style order, which consists of one line style (solid).

plot(Y,LineWidth=1)

Specify a custom line style order without specifying the line style cycling method. By default, linestyleorder uses the "withcolor" method. This method uses the next color from a predefined palette and the next line style from the linestyles array to create each subsequent line. In this plot, the first line is at the top of the plot, and the last line is at the bottom.

linestyles = ["-","--","-o"];
linestyleorder(linestyles)

Change the palette of colors so that it contains only two colors from the gem palette. You can see all six combinations of colors and line styles.

colors = orderedcolors("gem");
colororder(colors(1:2,:))

Change the line style cycling method to "beforecolor". The lines cycle through all of the line styles before cycling to the next color.

linestyleorder(linestyles,"beforecolor")

Change the line style cycling method to "aftercolor". The lines cycle through all of the colors before cycling to the next line style.

linestyleorder(linestyles,"aftercolor")

Create a matrix containing six columns of y-coordinates.

Y = (10:15)'-(0:5)

Y = 6×6

    10     9     8     7     6     5
    11    10     9     8     7     6
    12    11    10     9     8     7
    13    12    11    10     9     8
    14    13    12    11    10     9
    15    14    13    12    11    10

Plot the matrix in two different axes of a tiled chart layout. Both plots look the same.

tiledlayout(2,1)
ax1 = nexttile;
plot(ax1,Y,LineWidth=1)
ax2 = nexttile;
plot(ax2,Y,LineWidth=1)

Change the line style order for all the axes in the current figure by calling the linestyleorder function without specifying the target object. As a result, both plots use the same set of line styles.

linestyles1 = ["-","--","-o"];
linestyleorder(linestyles1)

Define a different set of line styles, and assign it to the second plot by specifying the second axes (ax2) as the target object.

linestyles2 = ["-s","-.","->"];
linestyleorder(ax2,linestyles2)