Data Distribution Plots

Histograms, pie charts, word clouds, and more

Visualize the distribution of data using plots such as histograms, pie charts, or word clouds. For example, use a histogram to group data into bins and display the number of elements in each bin.

Functions

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Distribution Charts

`histogram`	Histogram plot
`histogram2`	Bivariate histogram plot
`morebins`	Increase number of histogram bins
`fewerbins`	Decrease number of histogram bins
`histcounts`	Histogram bin counts
`histcounts2`	Bivariate histogram bin counts
`boxchart`	Create box chart (box plot)
`swarmchart`	Swarm scatter chart
`swarmchart3`	3-D swarm scatter chart

Bubble Charts

`bubblechart`	Bubble chart
`bubblechart3`	3-D bubble chart
`bubblelim`	Map bubble sizes to data range
`bubblesize`	Set minimum and maximum bubble sizes in points
`bubblelegend`	Create legend for bubble chart

Scatter Plots and Parallel Coordinates

`scatter`	Scatter plot
`scatter3`	3-D scatter plot
`binscatter`	Binned scatter plot
`scatterhistogram`	Create scatter plot with histograms
`spy`	Visualize sparsity pattern of matrix
`plotmatrix`	Scatter plot matrix
`parallelplot`	Create parallel coordinates plot

Pie Charts, Heatmaps, and Word Clouds

`pie`	Pie chart
`pie3`	3-D pie chart
`的热图`	Create heatmap chart
`排序x`	Sort elements in heatmap row
`排序y`	Sort elements in heatmap column
`wordcloud`	Create word cloud chart from text data

Properties

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Chart Objects

BoxChart Properties	Control box chart appearance and behavior
Binscatter Properties	Binscatter appearance and behavior
BubbleChart Properties	Bubble chart appearance and behavior
BubbleLegend Properties	Bubble legend appearance and behavior
HeatmapChart Properties	Heatmap chart appearance and behavior
Histogram Properties	直方图外观和行为
Histogram2 Properties	Histogram2 appearance and behavior
Scatter Properties	Scatter chart appearance and behavior
ScatterHistogramChart Properties	Control scatter histogram chart appearance and behavior
ParallelCoordinatesPlot Properties	Control parallel coordinates plot appearance and behavior
WordCloudChart Properties	Control word cloud chart appearance and behavior

Topics

Add Legend to Pie Chart

这个例子商店ws how to add a legend to a pie chart that displays a description for each slice.

Offset Pie Slice with Greatest Contribution

这个例子商店ws how to create a pie graph and automatically offset the pie slice with the greatest contribution.

Label Pie Chart With Text and Percentages

When you create a pie chart, MATLAB labels each pie slice with the percentage of the whole that slice represents.

Color Analysis with Bivariate Histogram

这个例子商店ws how to adjust the color scale of a bivariate histogram plot to reveal additional details about the bins.

Control Categorical Histogram Display

这个例子商店ws how to usehistogramto effectively view categorical data.

Create Heatmap from Tabular Data

这个例子商店ws how to create a heatmap from a table and how to modify the heatmap appearance.

Create Word Cloud from String Arrays

这个例子商店ws how to create a word cloud from plain text by reading it into a string array, preprocessing it, and passing it to thewordcloudfunction.

Explore Table Data Using Parallel Coordinates Plot

这个例子商店ws how to create a parallel coordinates plot from a table and how to modify the appearance of the plot.

Replace Discouraged Instances of hist and histc

histogram,histcounts, anddiscretizeare the recommended histogram creation and computation functions for new code.