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<h4 class="subsection">15.1.3 Plot Annotations</h4>
<p>You can add titles, axis labels, legends, and arbitrary text to an
existing plot. For example,
<pre class="example"> x = -10:0.1:10;
plot (x, sin (x));
title ("sin(x) for x = -10:0.1:10");
xlabel ("x");
ylabel ("sin (x)");
text (pi, 0.7, "arbitrary text");
legend ("sin (x)");
</pre>
<p>The functions <code>grid</code> and <code>box</code> may also be used to add grid
and border lines to the plot. By default, the grid is off and the
border lines are on.
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<p><a name="doc_002dtitle"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <b>title</b> (<var>title</var>)<var><a name="index-title-1059"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>title</b> (<var>title, p1, v1, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-title-1060"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Create a title object and return a handle to it.
</p></blockquote></div>
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<p><a name="doc_002dlegend"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <b>legend</b> (<var>st1, st2, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-legend-1061"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>legend</b> (<var>st1, st2, <small class="dots">...</small>, "location", pos</var>)<var><a name="index-legend-1062"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>legend</b> (<var>matstr</var>)<var><a name="index-legend-1063"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>legend</b> (<var>matstr, "location", pos</var>)<var><a name="index-legend-1064"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>legend</b> (<var>cell</var>)<var><a name="index-legend-1065"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>legend</b> (<var>cell, "location", pos</var>)<var><a name="index-legend-1066"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>legend</b> (<var>'func'</var>)<var><a name="index-legend-1067"></a></var><br>
<blockquote>
<p>Display a legend for the current axes using the specified strings
as labels. Legend entries may be specified as individual character
string arguments, a character array, or a cell array of character
strings. Legend works on line graphs, bar graphs, etc. A plot must
exist before legend is called.
<p>The optional parameter <var>pos</var> specifies the location of the legend
as follows:
<p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">north </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
center top
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">south </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
center bottom
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">east </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
right center
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">west </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
left center
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">northeast </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
right top (default)
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">northwest </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
left top
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">southeast </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
right bottom
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">southwest </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
left bottom
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"><br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="6%"></td><td valign="top" width="14%">outside </td><td valign="top" width="80%">
can be appended to any location string
<br></td></tr></table>
<p>Some specific functions are directly available using <var>func</var>:
<dl>
<dt>"show"<dd> Show legends from the plot
<br><dt>"hide"<dt>"off"<dd> Hide legends from the plot
<br><dt>"boxon"<dd> Draw a box around legends
<br><dt>"boxoff"<dd> Withdraw the box around legends
<br><dt>"left"<dd> Text is to the left of the keys
<br><dt>"right"<dd> Text is to the right of the keys
</dl>
</p></blockquote></div>
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<p><a name="doc_002dtext"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <var>h</var> = <b>text</b> (<var>x, y, label</var>)<var><a name="index-text-1068"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <var>h</var> = <b>text</b> (<var>x, y, z, label</var>)<var><a name="index-text-1069"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <var>h</var> = <b>text</b> (<var>x, y, label, p1, v1, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-text-1070"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <var>h</var> = <b>text</b> (<var>x, y, z, label, p1, v1, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-text-1071"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Create a text object with text <var>label</var> at position <var>x</var>,
<var>y</var>, <var>z</var> on the current axes. Property-value pairs following
<var>label</var> may be used to specify the appearance of the text.
</p></blockquote></div>
<p>See <a href="Text-Properties.html#Text-Properties">Text Properties</a> for the properties that you can set.
<p><a name="doc_002dylabel"></a><a name="doc_002dzlabel"></a><!-- ./plot/xlabel.m -->
<a name="doc_002dxlabel"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <b>xlabel</b> (<var>string</var>)<var><a name="index-xlabel-1072"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>ylabel</b> (<var>string</var>)<var><a name="index-ylabel-1073"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>zlabel</b> (<var>string</var>)<var><a name="index-zlabel-1074"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>xlabel</b> (<var>h, string</var>)<var><a name="index-xlabel-1075"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Specify x, y, and z axis labels for the current figure. If <var>h</var> is
specified then label the axis defined by <var>h</var>.
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<p class="noindent"><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="doc_002dplot.html#doc_002dplot">plot</a>, <a href="doc_002dsemilogx.html#doc_002dsemilogx">semilogx</a>, <a href="doc_002dsemilogy.html#doc_002dsemilogy">semilogy</a>, <a href="doc_002dloglog.html#doc_002dloglog">loglog</a>, <a href="doc_002dpolar.html#doc_002dpolar">polar</a>, <a href="doc_002dmesh.html#doc_002dmesh">mesh</a>, <a href="doc_002dcontour.html#doc_002dcontour">contour</a>, <a href="doc_002dbar.html#doc_002dbar">bar</a>, <a href="doc_002dstairs.html#doc_002dstairs">stairs</a>, <a href="doc_002dtitle.html#doc_002dtitle">title</a>.
</p></blockquote></div>
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<p><a name="doc_002dclabel"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <b>clabel</b> (<var>c, h</var>)<var><a name="index-clabel-1076"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>clabel</b> (<var>c, h, v</var>)<var><a name="index-clabel-1077"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>clabel</b> (<var>c, h, "manual"</var>)<var><a name="index-clabel-1078"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>clabel</b> (<var>c</var>)<var><a name="index-clabel-1079"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>clabel</b> (<var>c, h</var>)<var><a name="index-clabel-1080"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>clabel</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small>, prop, val, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-clabel-1081"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <var>h</var> = <b>clabel</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-clabel-1082"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Adds labels to the contours of a contour plot. The contour plot is specified
by the contour matrix <var>c</var> and optionally the contourgroup object <var>h</var>
that are returned by <code>contour</code>, <code>contourf</code> and <code>contour3</code>.
The contour labels are rotated and placed in the contour itself.
<p>By default, all contours are labelled. However, the contours to label can be
specified by the vector <var>v</var>. If the "manual" argument is given then
the contours to label can be selected with the mouse.
<p>Additional property/value pairs that are valid properties of text objects
can be given and are passed to the underlying text objects. Additionally,
the property "LabelSpacing" is available allowing the spacing between labels
on a contour (in points) to be specified. The default is 144 points, or 2
inches.
<p>The returned value <var>h</var> is the set of text object that represent the
contour labels. The "userdata" property of the text objects contains the
numerical value of the contour label.
<p>An example of the use of <code>clabel</code> is
<pre class="example"> [c, h] = contour (peaks(), -4 : 6);
clabel (c, h, -4 : 2 : 6, 'fontsize', 12);
</pre>
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<p class="noindent"><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="doc_002dcontour.html#doc_002dcontour">contour</a>, <a href="doc_002dcontourf.html#doc_002dcontourf">contourf</a>, <a href="doc_002dcontour3.html#doc_002dcontour3">contour3</a>, <a href="doc_002dmeshc.html#doc_002dmeshc">meshc</a>, <a href="doc_002dsurfc.html#doc_002dsurfc">surfc</a>, <a href="doc_002dtext.html#doc_002dtext">text</a>.
</p></blockquote></div>
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<p><a name="doc_002dbox"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <b>box</b> (<var>arg</var>)<var><a name="index-box-1083"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>box</b> (<var>h, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-box-1084"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Control the display of a border around the plot.
The argument may be either <code>"on"</code> or <code>"off"</code>. If it is
omitted, the current box state is toggled.
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<p class="noindent"><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="doc_002dgrid.html#doc_002dgrid">grid</a>.
</p></blockquote></div>
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<p><a name="doc_002dgrid"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <b>grid</b> (<var>arg</var>)<var><a name="index-grid-1085"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>grid</b> (<var>"minor", arg2</var>)<var><a name="index-grid-1086"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>grid</b> (<var>hax, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-grid-1087"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Force the display of a grid on the plot.
The argument may be either <code>"on"</code>, or <code>"off"</code>.
If it is omitted, the current grid state is toggled.
<p>If <var>arg</var> is <code>"minor"</code> then the minor grid is toggled. When
using a minor grid a second argument <var>arg2</var> is allowed, which can
be either <code>"on"</code> or <code>"off"</code> to explicitly set the state of
the minor grid.
<p>If the first argument is an axis handle, <var>hax</var>, operate on the
specified axis object.
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<p class="noindent"><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="doc_002dplot.html#doc_002dplot">plot</a>.
</p></blockquote></div>
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<p><a name="doc_002dcolorbar"></a>
<div class="defun">
— Function File: <b>colorbar</b> (<var>s</var>)<var><a name="index-colorbar-1088"></a></var><br>
— Function File: <b>colorbar</b> (<var>"peer", h, <small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-colorbar-1089"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Adds a colorbar to the current axes. Valid values for <var>s</var> are
<dl>
<dt>"EastOutside"<dd>Place the colorbar outside the plot to the right. This is the default.
<br><dt>"East"<dd>Place the colorbar inside the plot to the right.
<br><dt>"WestOutside"<dd>Place the colorbar outside the plot to the left.
<br><dt>"West"<dd>Place the colorbar inside the plot to the left.
<br><dt>"NorthOutside"<dd>Place the colorbar above the plot.
<br><dt>"North"<dd>Place the colorbar at the top of the plot.
<br><dt>"SouthOutside"<dd>Place the colorbar under the plot.
<br><dt>"South"<dd>Place the colorbar at the bottom of the plot.
<br><dt>"Off", "None"<dd>Remove any existing colorbar from the plot.
</dl>
<p>If the argument "peer" is given, then the following argument is treated
as the axes handle on which to add the colorbar.
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