axis

Set axis limits and aspect ratios.

Syntax

• axis([xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax, cmin, cmax])
• axis([xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax])
• axis([xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax])
• axis(style)
• axis(mode)
• axis(visibility)
• lim = axis()
• axis(ax, ...)

Input argument

• [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax, cmin, cmax] - sets the limits in the X, Y, Z and color axes.
• [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax] - sets only the limits in the X, Y, Z.
• [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax] - sets only the limits in the X, Y.
• style - 'tight', 'equal', 'image', 'square', 'fill', 'vis3d' or 'normal' (default).
• cax - axes.
• visibility - 'off' or 'on' (default).
• mode - 'manual' (turns off automatic scaling of the axis based on the children of the current axis object) or 'auto' (choose automatically all axis limits) .

Output argument

• lim - For 2D: [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax] or for 3D: [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax]

Description

axes set axis limits and appearance.

Example

f = figure();
t = 0:0.01:2*pi;
x = cos(t);
subplot(2, 2, 1);
plot(t, x);
title ('normal plot');

subplot(2, 2, 2);
plot (t, x);
title('axis square');
axis('square');

subplot(2, 2, 3);
plot (t, x);
title('axis equal');
axis('equal');

subplot(2, 2, 4);
plot (t, x);
title('normal plot again');
axis('normal');

See also

gca, axes.

History

Author

Allan CORNET