MATLAB Programming Fundamentals - MathWorks

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Line, Arrow, Text Arrow, Double Arrow — Add a line or

arrow annotation to the figure. Draw the arrow from tail to head. To move an existing

annotation, click the annotation to select it and drag it to the desired location. Press

the Delete key to delete the selected annotation.

NoteAdding formatting and annotations using the Figure tab is not supported for

invisible axes.

For example, suppose that you want to add formatting and annotations to the figure in

patients.mlx.

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Add a title — In the Annotations section, select Title. A blue rectangle

appears prompting you to enter text. Type the text Weight vs. Height and press

Enter.

2

Add X and Y Labels — In the Annotations section, select X-Label. A blue

rectangle appears prompting you to enter text. Type the text Height and press

Enter. Select Y-Label. A blue rectangle appears prompting you to enter text.

Type the text Weight and press Enter.

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Add a legend — In the Annotations section, select Legend. A legend

appears at the top right corner of the axes. Click the data1 description in the legend

and replace the text with Female. Click the data2 description in the legend and

replace the text with Male. Press Enter.

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Add grid lines — In the Annotations section, select Grid. Grid lines appear

in the axes.

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Add an arrow annotation — In the Annotations section, select Text Arrow.

Drawing the arrow from tail to head, position the arrow on the scatter plot pointing

to the lightest patient. Enter the text Lightest Patient and press Enter

(^6) Update the code — In the selected figure, click the Update Code button. The live
script now contains the code needed to reproduce the figure changes.
19 Live Scripts and Functions