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Plot 2D Graph with multiple labels

Hi,
I'd like to ask you if you could help me with a plotting problem. I have an N by 3 matrix, I'd like to plot the data so that on the axis x will be the data from the 1st column of the matrix, on the y axis will be the second column of the matrix and the point in the graph would be represented by "." if the data in the third column is lesser then 50 and "x" if the data in the third column is bigger than 100. If the third column is between 50 and 100, the point doesn't show in the plot.

Data
====
x1 y1 9 -> "."
x2 y2 115 -> "x"
x3 y3 58 -> nothing
x4 y4 1191 -> "x"
...

Sorry to bother you with this question, but I tried to find the solution to this problem for several hours, but I was unsuccesful. Thanks.

I finally found the solution to this problem, however it seems a bit complicated:

My matrix has size N by 3. I wrote 2 functions: return_lower(x, v) and return_higher(x, v).

function result = return_lower(x, v)
result = [];
for index = 1:rows(x)
# if the value in the 3rd vector is bigger then v
if (x(index, 3)>v)
result = [result;x(index, 1:2)];
endif
endfor
endfunction

The second function is very similar.
So, when I have my matrix called M, to show the desired plot I:
1, l = return_lower(M, 50)
2, h = return_higher(M, 100)
3, plot(l(:, 1), (:, 2), ".", h(:, 1), h(:, 2), "x")

Do you know of an easier way to do this? I am asking out curiosity. Thank you.

> I'd like to ask you if you could help me with a plotting problem. I have an N by 3 matrix, I'd like to plot the data so that on the axis x will be the data from the 1st column of the matrix, on the y axis will be the second column of the matrix and the point in the graph would be represented by "." if the data in the third column is lesser then 50 and "x" if the data in the third column is bigger than 100. If the third column is between 50 and 100, the point doesn't show in the plot.

The following minimal example shows the use of logical indexing [1] here.

x = linspace(0, 1, 20)';
y = x.^2;
z = rand(size(x))*150; % random numbers between 0 and 150
figure;
plot(x(z<50), y(z<50), '.', x(z>100), y(z>100), 'x')

Note that "mat = [x y z];" <-- this would be your N by 3 matrix.

[1] http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/math/f1-85462.html#bq7egb6-1

"Ahmed Fasih" <fasih.1NOSPAM@osu.edu.nospam> wrote in message <ie02lo$oc8$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>
> > I'd like to ask you if you could help me with a plotting problem. I have an N by 3 matrix, I'd like to plot the data so that on the axis x will be the data from the 1st column of the matrix, on the y axis will be the second column of the matrix and the point in the graph would be represented by "." if the data in the third column is lesser then 50 and "x" if the data in the third column is bigger than 100. If the third column is between 50 and 100, the point doesn't show in the plot.
>
> The following minimal example shows the use of logical indexing [1] here.
>
> x = linspace(0, 1, 20)';
> y = x.^2;
> z = rand(size(x))*150; % random numbers between 0 and 150
> figure;
> plot(x(z<50), y(z<50), '.', x(z>100), y(z>100), 'x')
>
> Note that "mat = [x y z];" <-- this would be your N by 3 matrix.
>
> [1] http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/math/f1-85462.html#bq7egb6-1

Much sorter, yet clear and simple. Thank you :-)