Different line types for multiple curves

Hi MATLAB Community,

How would I change the line type for my plot, so I have a '-r' and '--r' as well as '-b' and '--b'?

figure;
p = plot(x, y);
set(p, {'color'}, {'r'; 'r'; 'b'; 'b'});

Answer 1

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

Maybe you'll have to accept looping a little:

lstl = {'-','--'};
for i1 = 1:4,
  set(p(i1),'linestyle',lstl{rem(i1,2)+1})
end

HTH

[Kenneth Bisgaard Cristensen]

Thanks, no the best at looping yet, but it worked great.

Answer 2

[VBBV]

%f true
  figure;
p = plot(x, y);
set(p, {'LineStyle'},{'-';'--';'-';'--'},{'color'}, {'r'; 'r'; 'b'; 'b'});

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

Neat, but:

Mathworks, this is ugly!

When I tried this:

set(p, 'LineStyle',{'-';'--';'-';'--'},{'color'}, {'r'; 'r'; 'b'; 'b'});  

I got and angry error-message:

Error using matlab.graphics.chart.primitive.Line/set
Error setting property 'LineStyle' of class 'Line':
Invalid enum value. Use one of these values: '-' | '--' | ':' | '-.' | 'none'. 

...but when wrapping the property in a cell-array everything works fine. That is ugly.