Two plots per axis using addaxis

Dear Matlab users,

I have three variables I want to plot in one figure (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll). The data is split into two variables "plume" and "P7_3m". They are both 8X5 matrices with column vectors,

[date salinity temperature attenuation chlorophyll].

I had success with ADDAXIS from http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/9016-addaxis .

The problem is I want to plot two lines (one solid, another dashed) of the same color for each of the three variables to compare among plume vs P7_3m. The x-axis is "xt" and labeled with "months". Below is the code I have and does not work because after the use of ADDAXIS, the axes handle goes back to the original first plot axis. Is there a way to access the axis plotted by ADDAXIS? So I can plot my dashed line on the same axis as the solid line created by ADDAXIS?

I'd appreciate your help and time. Thank you in advance!

Aya

figure; hold on % start making the figure
ss=20;  % setting up the plot
set(0,'DefaultAxesFontSize', ss)
set(0,'DefaultLineLineWidth',3)

months={'Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug'}; % x axis
xt=[1:length(months)];
set(gca,'xtick',xt)
set(gca,'xticklabel',months, 'fontsize', ss)
plot(xt,plume(:,2),'b')  % plot first plot, salinity
plot(xt,P7_3m(:,2),'--b')
haxes1 = gca;
set(haxes1,'XColor','k','YColor','b')
addaxis(xt,plume(:,3),'r')
plot(xt,P7_3m(:,3),'--r')
addaxis(xt,plume(:,5),[0 12],'color',[0 0.5 0])
plot(xt,P7_3m(:,5),'color',[0 0.5 0])
xlabel('months')
ylabel('Practical Salinity') 
addaxislabel(2,'Potential Temperature (^{\circ}C)')
addaxislabel(3, 'Chlorophyll a Fluorescence (ug/l)')

Answer 1

[Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh]

Hi Aya,

use hold on after you crate your axis not after figure

hold on works on axis, look at the MATLAB documentation.

hold(axis_handle,'on');
doc hold

You used hold on before defining or creating an axis, I don't think it that would do anything at all. Move hold on to the next line after the first plot command, plot command automatically creates an axis if one doesn't exist, and hold on will effect the existing axis created by plot.

I had a look at your code and it should be ok I guess.

I never happened to use addaxis though, I don't know what's that, probably a code developed by someone and not MATHWORKS. I believe the only reason you're using addaxis is that simple problem you made(placing hold on before plot)

You're not into doing something complicated and I'm sure you can do it needless of addaxis.

Good Luck!

[Aya]

Hello Salaheddin,

Thank you very much for your reply! I took your advice and moved the hold on to after I plotted my first line

plot(xt,plume(:,2,'b'); hold on

But I still get the same plot (attached below) that plots the other two dashed lines on the same axis as the first (values are lower than first axis Ylim so not showing up in this figure).

Will you be able to give me advice on making the plot without using the ADDAXIS m file, http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/9016-addaxis

Thank you again,

Aya