Modifying legend entries in a figure

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Maurilio Matracia
Maurilio Matracia on 14 Dec 2020
Commented: Brian Kyanjo on 22 Sep 2023
Dear all,
I am wondering if it is possible to:
1. change the order of the curves in the legend after they have been plotted.
2. Indicate only the characteristics of a group of curves. For example, if I have 4 curves with different colors but two of them have circles and two of them have squares, I want a legend which only shows the circle to group the first 2 curves and the square to group the others.
Thank you in advance for your help! :)
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KALYAN ACHARJYA
KALYAN ACHARJYA on 14 Dec 2020
"change the order of the curves in the legend after they have been plotted"
The MATLAB code works sequentially. It is better to understand the requirements, then plot the curves according to the requirements.

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Answers (1)

Hiro Yoshino
Hiro Yoshino on 14 Dec 2020
(1) Imagine that you've got 3 plots:
yourplots = get(gca, 'children');
legend(yourplots([3 1 2]), {'3', '1', '2'});
you can specify the legend as above.
(2) how about using "hggroup" - you can group up some lines and provide the similar attributes

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