I have a two data samples
data1=rand(96,1); %random number with 96*1
data2=zeros(96,1)+mean(data1);
I would like to plot ''stairs'' of data1 and date 2 in one figure. data 2 is mean of data 1, now i would like to plot somting like this in stairs for example if data2 is > data1 fill with green color, other wise with yellow color. here red line is data1 and data2 is mean.

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data1=rand(96,1); %random number with 96*1
avg=mean(data1);
%Get the x and y coordinates corresponding to the stairs plot
[x,y] = stairs(data1);
%Visualizing the stairs plot with the mean value for reference
figure
plot(x,y)
yline(avg,'k')
%Comparing values with mean in order to get two different plots
yb=min(y,avg);
ys=max(y,avg);
figure
hold on
box on
%Plotting filled area 2D plot with mean value as the baseline
area(x,yb,avg,'FaceColor','g')
area(x,ys,avg,'FaceColor','y')
yline(avg,'k')

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Thanks Joshi , its working well.
what if there is two values like here 160 and 250, below 160 is with green color and above 250 is with yellow color.
What should be the color for values between 160 and 250?
its white , only graph should be there something like shown in figure above
Here's a workaround.
I'll update you if I find a better solution.
%Random values for example
data = [randi([120 210],1,50) randi([200 220],1,15) randi([210 300],1,50)];
[x,y]=stairs(data);
valmin = 160;
valmax = 250;
ymin = min(valmin,y);
ymax = max(valmax,y);
figure
hold on
area(x,ymax,valmax,'FaceColor','b','EdgeColor','w','ShowBaseLine',0)
area(x,ymin,valmin,'FaceColor','y','EdgeColor','w','ShowBaseLine',0)
area(x,valmax*ones(size(x)),valmin,'FaceColor','w','EdgeColor','w')
plot(x,y,'k-')

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