Add_Colorbar_to_Plot_1

This is an example of how to add a vertical colorbar to a plot in MATLAB®.

Read about the colorbar function in the MATLAB® documentation.

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% Load sea elevation data
load seamount x y z;

% Create a scatter plot of the data
figure;
scatter(x, y, 10, z, 'filled');

% Add title and axis labels
title('Undersea Elevation');
xlabel('Longitude');
ylabel('Latitude');

% Add a vertical color bar - default position is to the right of the plot
colorbar;

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Published with MATLAB® 7.13