More line style in Matlab
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Sreeraj T
on 23 Oct 2018
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 12 Aug 2021
I have a code which goes like this:
clear;clc;close all;
x1=(linspace(1,3,1800))';
y1=(linspace(1,2,1800))';
y2=(linspace(2,3,1800))';
y3=(linspace(3,4,1800))';
y4=(linspace(4,5,1800))';
y5=(linspace(5,6,1800))';
y6=(linspace(6,7,1800))';
y7=(linspace(7,8,1800))';
y8=(linspace(8,9,1800))';
y9=(linspace(9,10,1800))';
plot(x1,y1,x1,y2,'--',x1,y3,':',x1,y4,'-.',x1,y5,x1,y6,x1,y7,x1,y8,x1,y9,'LineWidth',2)
As one can see from the plot, nine lines are there. Matlab gives variety of coloring option, but as far as line style is concerned, one can have only 4 options: -, --, : and :. . How can i increase this options?? I have to emphasis that I would NOT like to have markers in the plot.
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/192359/image.jpeg)
I have generated the same plots on Grapher software, where once have variety of options. For instance, see the figure below. This has been made with following line options: Solid, 0.1 inch dash, 0.3 inch dash, 0.5 inch dash, Dash dot, Dash dot dot, Dash dot dot dot, Dash Dash dot dot, Dash Dash dot dot dot.
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/192361/image.jpeg)
Thanks in advance...
2 Comments
HiWave
on 12 Mar 2020
I've wondered this for years. How can Matlab have such a poor selection of linestyles?
Zhibin Deng
on 27 Apr 2020
Same here. Even in MATLAB 2019, there are only FOUR line styles.
I'm wondering whether it is too difficult to add some line styles for MATHWORKS?
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madhan ravi
on 23 Oct 2018
Edited: madhan ravi
on 23 Oct 2018
plot(x,y,'-','LineWidth',10)
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