insert one of bar graph "inside" the other

Hello! I have two bar graphs. I would like to insert one of these graphs "inside" the other. Is it possible to do this?

For example like this:

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

See for example Position Multiple Axes in Figure in the axes documentation for one way to do this.

EDIT — (2 Aug 2023 at 17:29)

Added ‘Example’.

Example (using ‘CountArray_S’) —

LD1 = load(websave('CountArray_S','https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1448127/CountArray_S.mat'));
CountArray_S = LD1.CountArray_S;

Lv1 = ismember(CountArray_S(:,1), 65:74);                           % Select 'x'-Values For Second 'ases'

figure
ax1 = axes('Position',[0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7]);
ax2 = axes('Position',[0.30 0.35 0.48 0.40]);
hbh(1) = barh(ax1,CountArray_S(:,1), CountArray_S(:,2), 'FaceColor','r', 'EdgeColor','none');
hbh(2) = barh(ax2,CountArray_S(Lv1,1), CountArray_S(Lv1,2), 'FaceColor','r', 'EdgeColor','none');

Make appropriate changes to get the desired result.

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[Alberto Acri]

Thank you for your reply!

This is the code I am using:

load CountArray_A.mat
load CountArray_A_zoom.mat

x_A = CountArray_A(:,1).';
y_A = CountArray_A(:,2);
figure();
graph_A = barh(x_A,y_A,'FaceColor',[1 0 0],'EdgeColor','none');
name_A = "analysis A";
legend({name_A},'Location','southeast','Orientation','horizontal')

x_A_zoom = CountArray_A_zoom(:,1).';
y_A_zoom = CountArray_A_zoom(:,2);
figure();
graph_A_zoom = barh(x_A_zoom,y_A_zoom,'FaceColor',[1 0 0],'EdgeColor','none');

I would have positioned the axes as I wish:

figure
ax1 = axes('Position',[0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7]);
ax2 = axes('Position',[0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3]);

How can I insert 'graph_A' and 'graph_A_zoom' as in the figure?

plot(ax_A,graph_A)
hold on
plot(ax_A_zoom,graph_A_zoom)
hold off

[Star Strider]

Your code just needed a few minor tweaks to get the axes correct.

Try this —

load CountArray_A.mat
load CountArray_A_zoom.mat

x_A = CountArray_A(:,1).';
y_A = CountArray_A(:,2);
figure();
ax1 = axes('Position',[0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7]);
ax2 = axes('Position',[0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3]);
graph_A = barh(ax1,x_A,y_A,'FaceColor',[1 0 0],'EdgeColor','none');
name_A = "analysis A";
% legend({name_A},'Location','southeast','Orientation','horizontal')

x_A_zoom = CountArray_A_zoom(:,1).';
y_A_zoom = CountArray_A_zoom(:,2);
% figure();
graph_A_zoom = barh(ax2,x_A_zoom,y_A_zoom,'FaceColor',[1 0 0],'EdgeColor','none');

The legend call threw an error, so I commented it out.

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[Alberto Acri]

Hi @Star Strider. I would like to apply the text on the x and y axis to 'graph_A' and not to 'graph_A_zoom'. I've tried but it either applies it to 'graph_A_zoom' or it doesn't fit (but it doesn't give me an error). Could you tell me how to make it visible on 'graph_A'?

xlabel('Repetition', 'FontSize', 13)
ylabel('Numbers', 'FontSize', 13)

[Star Strider]

In this instance, the axes that the labels apply to must be explicitly stated.

I created axis labels for both axes here in the event that you may also want them for the zoomed axes —

load CountArray_A.mat
load CountArray_A_zoom.mat

x_A = CountArray_A(:,1).';
y_A = CountArray_A(:,2);
figure();
ax1 = axes('Position',[0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7]);
ax2 = axes('Position',[0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3]);
graph_A = barh(ax1,x_A,y_A,'FaceColor',[1 0 0],'EdgeColor','none');
name_A = "analysis A";
% legend({name_A},'Location','southeast','Orientation','horizontal')

x_A_zoom = CountArray_A_zoom(:,1).';
y_A_zoom = CountArray_A_zoom(:,2);
% figure();
graph_A_zoom = barh(ax2,x_A_zoom,y_A_zoom,'FaceColor',[1 0 0],'EdgeColor','none');
xlabel(ax1,'Repetition', 'FontSize', 13)
ylabel(ax1,'Numbers', 'FontSize', 13)
xlabel(ax2,'Repetition Zoomed', 'FontSize', 8)
ylabel(ax2,'Numbers Zoomed', 'FontSize', 8)

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