That is exactly what a subplot is A common version of the subplot is the 4x4 subplot. I haven’t had a chance to check out his other functions in his toolbox, but I would expect the same kind of quality as seen in this one. What is a Subplot There are many cases where you will want to generate a plot that contains several smaller plots within it. In addition to the usefulness of this function, I like Christopher’s entry because it is well-written with plenty of error-checking and has good help with examples. pos = (nRows,nCols,) Īs some of you may have guessed, his function is part of a package (IoSR Matlab Toolbox), and the other functionalities are also highlighted in his other File Exchange entries. You can specify the spacing and the scaling by passing in a couple of optional arguments. The default is a tight layout with no margin. It lets you specify the grid layout, with optional parameters, and it returns a set of position vectors which you can feed into subplot or axes. This is where Christopher’s entry comes in handy. Allowing to reset the positions after some standard functions, which reposition existing axxes (eg. Positions of the created axes objects are returned. figureīut this defeats the purpose of subplot because you have to calculate and specify the position manually. tightsubplot (Nh, Nw, gap, margh, margw) Fills the figure with axes subplots with easily adjustable margins and gaps between the axes. In that case, you can use axes or subplot to specify the actual placement of the axes. But the spacing is sometimes a bit too generous, leaving too little room for the graph. The subplot command is used for creating subplots. This can be done using the subplot function, that takes arguments for number of rows of plots, number of columns of plots, and plot number currently being plotted: Example: clear all close all subplot (nrows,ncols,plot. The first two arguments define the number of rows and columns that will be included in the grid. The basic form of the subplot() command takes in three inputs: nRows, nCols, linearIndex. When you create an array of plots in the same figure, each of these plots is called a subplot. Plotting in Matlab Subplots It can sometimes be useful to display multiple plots on the same figure for comparison. The subplot() function in MATLAB/Octave allows you to insert multiple plots on a grid within a single figure. Subplot is a nice way to place a grid of axes on a single figure. When you run the file, MATLAB generates the following graph. SUBPLOTposition,left bottom width height) creates an axis at the specified position in normalized coordinates (in in the range from 0.0 to 1.0). SUBPLOT(H), where H is an axis handle, is another way of making an axis current for subsequent plotting commands. Jiro‘s pick this week is Subplot Position Calculator by Christopher Hummersone. SUBPLOT(m,n,p), if the axis already exists, makes it current.