XData and YData from area chart

I'm using the area function to create a stacked area chart of hundreds of time series. After plotting my data via

h = area(t,Y); 

I'd like to access the coordinates of all of the filled areas using

h(1).XData
h(1).YData

however, I'm surprised to find that h.XData and h.YData return the input data I gave it (time,Y) rather than the coordinates of the plotted objects.

Is there a way to access the plotted coordinates of the filled objects?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Add (cumsum) ‘Y’ row-wise to get the coordinates —

t = 1:10;
Y = randi(9, 10, 3)

Y = 10×3

1 7 5 8 8 8 3 4 2 2 1 6 6 2 7 2 1 2 3 4 7 7 5 2 5 7 5 2 4 8

Ycoordinates = cumsum(Y,2)

Ycoordinates = 10×3

1 8 13 8 16 24 3 7 9 2 3 9 6 8 15 2 3 5 3 7 14 7 12 14 5 12 17 2 6 14

figure
h = area(t,Y);
grid

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[Chad Greene]

Yes, of course! Thanks Star Strider for the elegant and well-explained solution!

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

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