How to change properties of several plots simultaneously?

I want to set properties of several plots all at once instead of setting them individually.

figure(1)
plot(x,y,'--gs','LineWidth',...'MarkerSize',...,'MarkerEdgeColor',...,'MarkerFaceColor',...)
figure(2)
plot(xx,yy,'--gs','LineWidth',...'MarkerSize',...,'MarkerEdgeColor',...,'MarkerFaceColor',...)
figure(3)
plot(xxx,yyy,'--gs','LineWidth',...'MarkerSize',...,'MarkerEdgeColor',...,'MarkerFaceColor',...)
,...

Assuming that properties are the same (linewidth, markersize,...) I want to set them once and not repeat it for each plot.

Thanks in advance

[dpb]

Save the line handles when you plot and use set() See the doc for syntax and examples.

(BTW, the properties don't even have to be the same value...)

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

x = 0:360;
y1 = sind(x);
y2 = cosd(x);

figure
h1 = plot(x, y1);
figure
h2 = plot(x, y2);

set([h1, h2], 'Marker', '^', 'LineStyle', '--', 'MarkerIndices', 1:10:numel(x))

Or write a function that accepts x and y data, opens a figure and calls plot with the appropriate properties, then call that function repeatedly with each of your data sets.

[Zeynab Mousavikhamene]

I liked the idea of defining a function for plotting. The problem is that when I want to use hold on to keep the plot on and call the function again to plot on the figure, it does not do that and it plots on a new figure.Any solution?

[Steven Lord]

function h = createplot(x, y)
h = plot(x, y, 'Marker', '^', 'LineStyle', '--', 'MarkerIndices', 1:10:numel(x));
end

Call:

x = 0:360;
y1 = sind(x);
y2 = cosd(x);

createplot(x, y1);
hold on
createplot(x, y2);

[Zeynab Mousavikhamene]

I did exactly the bove code and instead of plotting in the same axis, the second plot was shown in an other figre.

[Walter Roberson]

Zeynab: Are you using App Designer ?

[Zeynab Mousavikhamene]

@Walter Roberson :

No. What is App designer? I write the commands on the matlab script.

[Walter Roberson]

App Designer is the replacement for GUIDE; it is a UI design tool. It creates a class to hold all of the data. It also uses the new uifigure() and uiaxes() and related objects.

[Walter Roberson]

MATLAB's idea of what the "current" figure or axes is, can change without warning. Please read https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/?term=tag%3Aalways-parent