How to generate specific number bar graph

Hello Sir, I have generated bar graph with 20 columns. But i need to generate specific number example i want to generate 15th column of bar graph.

Answer 1

[Pawel Jastrzebski]

Hello Ravi,

If you just want to select a specific bar out of your data set, then consider the code below. But you really need to be more descriptive as it's difficult to tell what is it that you want to achieve.

% generate random data set between 1 and 20
data = randi(20,1,20);
x    = 1:20; 

% plot the 'data'
figure
bar(x, data)

set(gca,...
    'xTick', x)

% select one specific column 

specificColumn = randi(20)

% first way - just plot the selected bar
figure
bar(data(specificColumn));

% second way - plot the selected bar in its place
% using logical vector

vector = false(1,length(data));
vector(specificColumn) = true;
dataChanged = data;
dataChanged(~vector) = 0;

figure
bar(dataChanged)

set(gca,...
    'xTick', x)

% 3rd way - highlight the selected bar
% As in:
% https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/bar.html?s_tid=doc_ta#d119e63716

figure
b = bar(data);
b.FaceColor = 'flat';
b.CData(specificColumn,:) = [1 0 0];

set(gca,...
    'xTick', x)

[Ravi Kumar Poluru]

Hello Sir your answer is highly appreciated but it showing all the columns in bar. I need when i give 5 it has to display only 5th column of bar graph.

[Pawel Jastrzebski]

The first and second way I described for you shows only one selected column, doesn't it?

[Ravi Kumar Poluru]

No sir. user has to give input then it has to print particular column value. It should not print randomly. I tried using input function but it showing error.Can u help me how to give user input and print particular column

[Pawel Jastrzebski]

OK, but this wasn't part of your question. You asked about the way to show a specific bar from the bar chart. I used random function to quickly simulate the user's choice.

What is your code for the 'input'?

This should work:

specificColumn = input('Selecy column:')

However, the 'input' can be anything so if user inputs i.e. char, the rest of the code will fail. You'll need to put some validation in place to make sure that checks if the outcome of the 'input' is an integer - if not, use loop to re-ask for the input.