tight_subplot(Nh, Nw, gap, marg_h, marg_w)

Version 1.1.0.0 (2.03 KB) by Pekka Kumpulainen
Fills the figure with axes subplots with easily adjustable margins and gaps between the axes.
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Subplot tends to leave a lot of empty space around the axes. Tight_subplot allows to adjust the spacing between the axes as well as the margins around the axes.
For example:
[ha, pos] = tight_subplot(3,2,[.01 .03],[.1 .01],[.01 .01])
for ii = 1:6; axes(ha(ii)); plot(randn(10,ii)); end
set(ha(1:4),'XTickLabel',''); set(ha,'YTickLabel','')

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Pekka Kumpulainen (2026). tight_subplot(Nh, Nw, gap, marg_h, marg_w) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/27991-tight_subplot-nh-nw-gap-marg_h-marg_w), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.1.0.0

Positions of the created axes objects are returned. Allowing to reset the positions after some standard functions, which reposition existing axxes (eg. colorbar)
1.0.0.0