Bar Chart with Error Bars

This is a very simple extension of MatLab's bar function to add error bars.

Description

This acts in the same way as MatLab's bar function but with an additional first parameter containing the errors on the y values.
The y values are plotted using MatLab's bar function.
The x values are determined from the bar plot and used with MatLab's errorbar function to add errorbars to the bar chart that are centred on the column.
Adding an extra dimension to the errors allows for asymmetric errors.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.11 (2010b)

[Zachary Danziger]

What is the relevant difference between this code and submission #24718 specifically (or generally submissions #27387, #25613, #9377, or #9541)?

This is not a critique specific to this code, which is probably fine, but is there some way to reach a consensus on which of these functions is best? Or perhaps merge these submissions, or create a new umbrella submission for all of these? At any rate, the author should cite some of these predecessors.

[Zachary Danziger]

Sorry, maybe its easier to search for files with file names instead of file IDs:

24718-bar-with-errorbars
27387-create-healthy-looking-error-bars
25613-barrerror-utility-for-bar-plots-with-automatic-error-bars
9377-barerror
9541-barerrorbar

[Martina Callaghan]

The ones I came across (barerror #9377 & barweb #10803) are much more complex. With complexity came the need for extra parameters and less user control.
This submission is just a basic extension of MatLab's bar and errorbar functions, which are cited!
I don't have the time to go through all of the other versions to compare. If you do, feel free to post how you get on.

[Quoc Viet Hung Nguyen]

 

[sinoTrinity Liu]

The errors are symmetric. How can I add asymmetric errors?

[Martina Callaghan]

I have just gotten around to updating this so that it can be called with asymmetric error bars. Add an extra dimension to the erros so as to specify the upper and lower in each. Hope this helps.

[Bolu Ajiboye]

You stated that you came across other error bar scripts (like barweb, which has been around at least 6 years) but completely failed to acknowledge them.

[Martina Callaghan]

The other options I came across were barerror #9377 & barweb #10803 as noted earlier. They were too complex for what I wanted. This submission is not an extension of any other hence no reference. It is something I find useful and have submitted in case others would too. If not of use, no problem.

[Jens]

The asymmetric errors seem to work only with grouped/2D data

[Martina Callaghan]

Asymmetric errors on 1D/2D data now working.

[Alex]

Works great for me, thanks!

[Don Vaughn]

Simple. Quick. Easy. Exactly what I was looking for