{"id":16037,"date":"2022-07-01T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=16037"},"modified":"2022-07-01T20:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T00:55:37","slug":"get-your-subplots-the-way-you-want-it-with-subplothelper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2022\/07\/01\/get-your-subplots-the-way-you-want-it-with-subplothelper\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your subplots the way you want it with subplotHelper"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jiro<\/span><\/a>'s Pick this week is <\/span>subplotHelper<\/span><\/a> by my <\/span>Frederick Zittrell<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>
Did you know that <\/span>subplot<\/span><\/a> can be used to create non-uniformly distributed axes? For example,<\/span><\/div>
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subplot(3,3,1), text(0.5,0.5,<\/span>\"1\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"FontSize\"<\/span>,24,<\/span>\"Color\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"red\"<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
subplot(3,3,2), text(0.5,0.5,<\/span>\"2\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"FontSize\"<\/span>,24,<\/span>\"Color\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"red\"<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
subplot(3,3,3), text(0.5,0.5,<\/span>\"3\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"FontSize\"<\/span>,24,<\/span>\"Color\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"red\"<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
subplot(3,3,[4 7]), text([.5 .5],[.25 .75],[<\/span>\"7\" \"4\"<\/span>],<\/span>\"FontSize\"<\/span>,24,<\/span>\"Color\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"red\"<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>
subplot(3,3,[5 9]), text([.25 .25 .75 .75],[.25 .75 .25 .75],[<\/span>\"8\" \"5\" \"9\" \"6\"<\/span>],<\/span>\"FontSize\"<\/span>,24,<\/span>\"Color\"<\/span>,<\/span>\"red\"<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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As you can see, the third input argument to <\/span>subplot<\/span> can be a vector that specifies the corners of the rectangular region. It's not too complicated, but it does require some thought to figure out the appropriate parameters.<\/span><\/div>
subplotHelper<\/span> helps you get these parameters by allowing you to interactively select the layout. Here's the tool in action.<\/span><\/div>
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