Plotting a cell

I asked before about plotting a cell and need some clarification.

What I have is the ability to load up to 6 data files. Say I call the cell f, and it is frequency v. time. Data file 1 is stored in {1,1} and {1,2} which is (x1,y1), data file 2 is stored in {1,3} and {1,4} (x2,y2), etc, up to {1,11} and {1,12} (x6,y6).

I gather I can simply use:

plot(f{:})

As far as I can see, it automatically assumes column 1 is x1, column 2 is y1, 3 is x2, etc? Also, it will ignore empty columns?

How can I change the line style, marker type and color of each? I know how to do it when using multiple inputs in the plot command, but this is just 1 input.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If your line style and marker and color can be represented using the standard short encoding such as 'r--o' then use triples, as if from executing

f{1} = x1;
f{2} = y1;
f{3} = linespec1;  %eg., 'b--o'
f{4} = x2;
f{5} = y2;
f{6} = linespec2;  %eg., 'r--s'

Then

plot(f{:})

However, if your specifications cannot be encoded in this form, such as if you wish to use a color other than 'b' 'c' 'g' 'k' 'm' 'r' 'w' 'y', then it is not possible to do everything in just one plot() call. In such a case, encode what you can in the f cell array, then

h = plot(f{:});

Then set() the properties of the lineseries handles returned:

set(h(1), 'Color', [0.2 .8 .5])  %example
set(h(2), 'Color', 'g');         %example