Problem with plotting a 2D graph
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Hi :) ,
I have problem when I plot a graph. The graph goes from right to left ! while it should go from left to right . That means my X-axis is reversed. When I tick the Reverse box for the X-axis in the axis properties, it goes on the right way ( from left to right ).
But the problem is that when I plot any graph again, it goes from right to left again :( .
How can I make it always goes from left to right !!
Thanks for reading and your help is appreciated ^_^ .
H.MBK
Answers (2)
Star Strider
on 3 Apr 2014
set(gca,'XDir','reverse')
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Joseph Cheng
on 3 Apr 2014
whilst that will work this time however from his question it looks like it is a permanent thing for all things he is trying to plot. Odd since i cannot find a preference or configuration to do such a thing.
Hassan Al-Mubarak
on 3 Apr 2014
Star Strider
on 3 Apr 2014
Please post relevant parts of your code. Posting images or ‘.fig’ files of your plots as they appear and as you would like them may also help. Something is obviously wrong somewhere.
Hassan Al-Mubarak
on 3 Apr 2014
Star Strider
on 3 Apr 2014
Thank you for uploading the plots.
It is plotting correctly, with monotonically-increasing values of Input on the x-axis. If you want the axes reversed, you have to add:
set(gca,'XDir','reverse')
in each plot in which you want them reversed, as I mentioned originally.
Dishant Arora
on 3 Apr 2014
get(gca,'Xdir') % see what it says, it must be reversed
set(gca,'Xdir','normal') % sets the axis back to normal
4 Comments
Hassan Al-Mubarak
on 3 Apr 2014
Dishant Arora
on 3 Apr 2014
Edited: Dishant Arora
on 3 Apr 2014
The way it appears is perfectly right it's not reversed it's normal see x tick values increases from left to right . Your function value decreases as x increases, it is defined like this only. But if you want it reversed, do the following
set(gca, 'Xdir', 'reversed')
Hassan Al-Mubarak
on 3 Apr 2014
Edited: Hassan Al-Mubarak
on 3 Apr 2014
Image Analyst
on 4 Apr 2014
Edited: Image Analyst
on 4 Apr 2014
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