colstyle

Parse color and style from string.

Syntax

• [linespec, colorspec, markerspec, msg] = colstyle (str)
• [linespec, colorspec, markerspec, msg] = colstyle (str, 'plot')

Input argument

• str - a row vector of character or scalar string: line specification.
• 'plot' - linespec returns 'none' and not '' with this option.

Output argument

• linespec - a string: line type.
• colorspec - a string: color part.
• markerspec - a string: marker part.
• msg - a string: contain the error message string.

Description

colstyle parses color and style from string.

Example

[l, c, m, msg] = colstyle('r:x')
[l, c, m, msg] = colstyle('*')
[l, c, m, msg] = colstyle('*', 'plot')

See also

colormap.

History

Author

Allan CORNET