How to plot a specific value in Y-axis?

I want to plot a specific range of Y-axis and not the entire Y-axis.

For example:

load sunspot.dat

year = sunspot(:,1);
avSpots = sunspot(:,2);
plot(year, avSpots)

The Y-axis is from 1700 to 2000

Let say I want to plot from 1750 to 1800, and then 1850 to 1900.

I cannot find any example, use

y = linspace(x1,x2)

[Matlaber]

It seemed not working

axis([0 200 1700 1750]);

axis([XMIN XMAX YMIN YMAX]) sets scaling for the x- and y-axes on the current plot.

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

First, your example references the x-axis; not the y-axis. Here's how to plot a portion of the data along the x axis. The same process can be applied to the y-axis.

load sunspot.dat 
year = sunspot(:,1);
avSpots = sunspot(:,2);

% select the data you want to include
%'includeIndex' is a logical index that selects which data to include
% This statement selects any data between 1750-1800 and 1850-1900
includeIndex = ((year >= 1750) & (year <= 1800)) | ((year >= 1850) & (year <= 1900)); 

%plot results, select only included data
plot(year(includeIndex), avSpots(includeIndex))

To plot the two spans of time separately,

idx1 = (year >= 1750) & (year <= 1800);
idx2 = (year >= 1850) & (year <= 1900);

%plot results, select only included data
plot(year(idx1), avSpots(idx1),'r-')
hold on
plot(year(idx2), avSpots(idx2),'b-')

[Matlaber]

Thanks.

It seemed figure below:

If let say I want to plot in different figure of:

1. start to 1750
2. 1750 to 1800
3. 1800 to end

[Adam Danz]

Yeah, that's very very easy to do. Check out the how I formed the "idx1" or "idx2" variables - you'll do the same except with the years you listed above. To get the starting year, min(year). To get the end year, max(year).