Overlaying multiple box plots

Hi everyone,

I have 4 different sets of data (data1,data2,data3,data4 which contain x&y values in the form of nx2 matrices) and I am trying to make a figure which would contain 4 vertical and 4 horizontal boxplots to represent my data in a statistical manner in both axes. The code I use for this purpose is the following:

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boxplot(data1(:,1),'orientation', 'vertical','positions',median(data1(:,2)),'medianstyle','target','widths',10)

hold on

boxplot(data1(:,2),'orientation', 'horizontal','positions',median(data1(:,1)),'medianstyle','target','widths',100)

hold on

boxplot(data2(:,1),'orientation', 'vertical','positions',median(data2(:,2)),'medianstyle','target','widths',10)

hold on

boxplot(data2(:,2),'orientation', 'horizontal','positions',median(data2(:,1)),'medianstyle','target','widths',100)

hold on

boxplot(data3(:,1),'orientation', 'vertical','positions',median(data3(:,2)),'medianstyle','target','widths',10)

hold on

boxplot(data3(:,2),'orientation', 'horizontal','positions',median(data3(:,1)),'medianstyle','target','widths',100)

hold on

boxplot(data4(:,1),'orientation', 'vertical','positions',median(data4(:,2)),'medianstyle','target','widths',10)

hold on

boxplot(data4(:,2),'orientation', 'horizontal','positions',median(data4(:,1)),'medianstyle','target','widths',100)

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As a result, I get a figure like the one called 'Current Box Plot' but what I eventually want is something like 'Desired Box Plot' with the following properties:

-No 1s on the x and y axes.

-No outliers, only percentiles

-Not a box but just a single line between percentiles (I can play with the 'widths' value and make the boxes appear pretty thin like a single line but it would be nice to replace them with lines.)

Can anyone suggest me ways to do this?

Thank you.

[Geoff Hayes]

Neptunium's answer moved here

Current Box Plot

Desired Box Plot