How do you plot markers to specific points?

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DJ Mckenna
DJ Mckenna on 16 May 2023
Commented: DJ Mckenna on 16 May 2023
I have the plot markers added, but they aren't where I need them. They need to be on each line at x= 1,5,9, and 15. How do I achieve this?
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VBBV
VBBV on 16 May 2023
Edited: VBBV on 16 May 2023
Oneway you can plot markers at specfic points (without using find function) is by creating vector separately and evaluating the equations at those points. Later plot them using hold on
clearvars
x = linspace(1,15,100);
y1 = log(x.^2+4)./(sqrt(2.*x.^2+1));
y2 = sin(x)./log(x.^2)
y2 = 1×100
Inf 3.4370 1.9248 1.3987 1.1153 0.9263 0.7827 0.6638 0.5596 0.4651 0.3772 0.2947 0.2168 0.1431 0.0738 0.0090 -0.0511 -0.1059 -0.1552 -0.1988 -0.2361 -0.2672 -0.2917 -0.3095 -0.3208 -0.3255 -0.3239 -0.3162 -0.3027 -0.2840
% Marker plot
xM = [1 5 9 15];
y3 = log(xM.^2+4)./sqrt(2.*xM.^2+1);
y4 = sin(xM)./log(xM.^2)
y4 = 1×4
Inf -0.2979 0.0938 0.1201
figure
hold on
plot(x,y1,x,y2,'--')
plot(xM,y3,'b+',xM,y4,'r+','MarkerSize',12); grid

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Answers (2)

Torsten
Torsten on 16 May 2023
Edited: Torsten on 16 May 2023
The points in the graph you address are x(1), x(5), x(9) and x(15), not x=1, x=5, x=9 and x=15.
Use "find" before plotting to get the respective indices or calculate them by hand.
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Dyuman Joshi
Dyuman Joshi on 16 May 2023
Edited: Dyuman Joshi on 16 May 2023
OP will not obtain the exact values with the current data, as the values 5 and 9 don't exist in x.
The best idea would be use the colon operator to define x -
x = linspace(1,15,100);
min(abs(x-9))
ans = 0.0606
min(abs(x-5))
ans = 0.0404
%create x via colon operator
x0 = 1:0.01:15; %Ideally x0 = (100:1:1500)/100;
min(abs(x0-9))
ans = 0
min(abs(x0-5))
ans = 0

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 16 May 2023
You have the potential problem that you might not have x coordinates that are exactly 5 or 9 (but exactly 1 and exactly 15 should exist because of the way you linspace()). So if you want markers at x = 5 and x = 9, you have to interpolate positions. The alternative would be to locate the locations in x that are closest to the desired values.
marker_x = [1, 5, 9, 15];
marker_y1 = interp1(x, y1, marker_x);
marker_y2 = interp1(x, y2, marker_x);
h = plot(x, y1, '-', x, y2, '--');
hold on
plot(marker_x, marker_y1, '+', 'Color', h(1).Color);
plot(marker_x, marker_y2, '+', 'Color', h(2).Color);
hold off

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