Side by side boxplots

Hi Guys,

I've got a .mat file which has two data sets that load in as 35x1 doubles.

I would like to create a graph that has the box plots of each data set next to each other.

I've had a look at the boxplots function on the help centre page and browsed the forums for similar problems, of which there are some, but I am having trouble understanding how to do this.

I thought I could just use boxplot(x, y) but this produces a graph that looks like this:

Any help to get something which looks like this (see below) would be much appreciated.

Note that this is just an example that I found on google but it gives an idea of what I am trying to achieve.

Thank you

Answer 1

[Voss]

% some random data
x = rand(35,1);
y = 2*rand(35,1)-1;

% make a boxplot for x:
boxplot(x)
% make a boxplot for y, and specify that it belongs at 2 along the x-axis:
hold on
boxplot(y,'Positions',2)
% update axes x-ticks and labels:
set(gca(),'XTick',[1 2],'XTickLabels',{'x','y'})

[Will]

Thank you for the help Voss.

[Voss]

You're welcome Will.

Answer 2

[Matt J]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/46545-alternative-box-plot?s_tid=ta_fx_results