MATLAB comet in MATLAB^®

Create Comet Plot

Create a comet plot of data in y versus data in x. Create y as a vector of sine function values for input values between 0 and 2π. Create x as a vector of cosine function values for input values between 0 and 2π. Use an increment of π/100 between the values. Then, plot the data.

t = 0:pi/100:2*pi;
y = sin(t);
x = cos(t);
comet(x,y)

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Control Comet Body Length

Create a comet plot and specify the comet body length by setting the scale factor input p. The comet body is a trailing segment in a different color that follows the head before fading.

Create x and y as vectors of trigonometric functions with input values from 0 to 4π. Specify p as 0.5 so that the comet body length is 0.5*length(y). Then, plot the data.

t = 0:pi/50:4*pi;
x = -sin(t) - sin(t/2);
y = -cos(t) + cos(t/2);
p = 0.5;
comet(x,y,p)

fig2plotly()

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Create Plots in Specified Axes

Create two comet plots in a tiled chart layout by specifying the target axes for each plot. Create two data sets, x1 and y1 and x2 and y2 as vectors of trigonometric functions with input values from 0 to 4π. Specify the body length scale factor p as 0.25 so that the body length is 0.25*length(y).

t = 0:pi/20:4*pi; x1 = -cos(t) + cos(t/2); y1 = -sin(t) - sin(t/2); x2 = cos(t) - cos(t/2); y2 = -sin(t) - sin(t/2); p = 0.25;

Store the two Axes objects as ax1 and ax2. Specify the target axes for each comet plot by including the Axes object as the first input argument to comet.

tiledlayout(1,2);
ax1 = nexttile;
ax2 = nexttile;

comet(ax1,x1,y1,p)
comet(ax2,x2,y2,p)

fig2plotly()

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