Edit linestyles of plot legends

Simple fix for adding markers to plot legend lines.
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Updated 12 May 2009

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If a plot is sampled very densely, and one wants to add markers to the plot, this can be done by plotting two lines on top of each other. One being the smooth line, the other being a down-sampled version with the markers only (e.g. diamonds, squares)

Now, the above is fine as long as we don't need a plot legend, since the legend function will scan for all lines, and what we have is a combination.

This simple script is a work-around to the problem. There is also an example file included showing how to use the function.

Cite As

Johan Carlson (2024). Edit linestyles of plot legends (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/22116-edit-linestyles-of-plot-legends), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2007b
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Version Published Release Notes
1.1.0.0

The function has been updated to also permit changing the color of lines and markers in the legend. The function is still backwards-compatible (so code using version 0.5 should still work)

1.0.0.0