plot templates and options lists for set, plot etc.

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:23 AM, Thorsten Meyer wrote:

> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running Matlab 2009a
>>
>> x = 0:0.01:5;
>> h(1) = line (x, sin(x));
>> h(2) = line (x, cos(x));
>> s(1,1).Color = 'red';
>> s(1,2).Color = 'green';
>> set (h, s);
>> color = get (h, 'color');
>> color{:}
>> ans =
>>     0     1     0
>> ans =
>>     0     1     0
>>
>> I'd expected the lines to have different colors.
> Could you also try
>    h(1) = line (x, sin(x));
>    h(2) = line (x, cos(x));
>    s(1,1).Color = 'red';
>    s(2,1).Color = 'green';
>    set (h, s);
>    color = get (h, 'color');
>    color{:}
> ?

My usual computer is in for repair. My second machine is PPC based and  
is only able to run Matlab R2007b. I had to add the 3rd line below to  
run your script, but the results are not correct.

 >> h(1) = line (x, sin(x));
 >> h(2) = line (x, cos(x));
 >> s = struct ();
 >> s(1,1).Color = 'red';
 >> s(2,1).Color = 'green';
 >> set (h, s);
 >> color = get (h, 'color');
 >> color{:}
 >> ans =
      0     1     0
 >> ans =
      0     1     0

>>
>> I also tried the following ...
>>
>> property_names = {'color', 'color'};
>> property_values = {[1,0,0], [0,1,0]};
>> set (h, property_names, property_values)
>> color = get (h, 'color');
>> color{:}
>> ans =
>>     0     1     0
>> ans =
>>     0     1     0
>>
>> It appears that the property names and values are each applied to all
>> handles. The green sticks because it was set last.
> Could you try again with
>    property_names = {'color'};
>    property_values = {[1,0,0]; [0,1,0]};
>    set (h, property_names, property_values)
>    color = get (h, 'color');
>    color{:}
> ?

 >> property_names = {'color'};
 >> property_values = {[1,0,0]; [0,1,0]};
 >> set (h, property_names, property_values)
??? Error using ==> set
Value cell array handle dimension must match handle vector length.

But this does work

 >> x = 0:0.01:5;
 >> h(1,1) = line (x, sin(x));
 >> h(2,1) = line (x, cos(x));
 >> pn = {'Color'};
 >> pv = {'red'; 'green'};
 >> set (h, pn, pv);
 >> color = get (h, 'color');
 >> color{:}
 >> ans =
      1     0     0
 >> ans =
      0     1     0

Ben