How do I set the plot color and line style of several data sets using a cell array?

I am plotting several sets of data on a single plot and would like to control the color and linestyle of each line using a cell array like this:

figure(1)
hold on
grid on
xlim([0 60])
colorVec = {'b', 'r', 'y', 'p', 'g', 'c'};
linVec = {'--', '-.','--', '-.','--', '-.'};

yyaxis left
plot(tvar,Ts1(:,:),'Color',colorVec{:},'LineStyle',linVec{:},'LineWidth',2,'MarkerSize',5)
hold off

However, the above code does not work and produces an error. Can anyone help me with the syntax of what I am trying to accomplish? Thank You in advance.

Answer 1

[KSSV]

figure(1)
hold on
grid on
xlim([0 60])
colorVec = {'b', 'r', 'y', 'm', 'g', 'c'};
linVec = {'--', '-.','--', '-.','--', '-.'}; 
yyaxis left
for i = 1:6
    plot(tvar,Ts1(:,i),'Color',colorVec{i},'LineStyle',linVec{i},'LineWidth',2,'MarkerSize',5)
end
hold off

[Eugene Cho]

Hi KSSV, Thank you for your response.

I see that it's possible to loop through colorVec and linVec using a for loop. However, I'm wondering if it's possible to loop through the colorVec array without explicitly calling it out in a for loop using a colon? Thank you in advance.

[Rebecca Tyson]

Was this question ever solved? I'm trying to do the same thing...

[Lana Piner]

Not sure, if this helps and it has been a while, but if you set default colors ahead of time, you do not need to call them in the loop - they will be picked automagically in the order they are listed.

set(groot,'defaultAxesColorOrder',[1 0 0;0 1 0;0 0 1])

This is done any time before you hold figure and do the loop.