vfill documentation

vfill creates vertical filled regions on a plot.

See also vline and hfill.

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Syntax

vfill(xl,xu)
vfill(...,ColorSpec)
vfill(...,ColorSpec,'PatchProperty','PatchValue')
vfill(...,'bottom')
h = vfill(...)

Description

vfill(xl,xu) creates a vertical shaded region between lower bounds xl and upper bounds xu. Inputs xl and xu must each contain 1 element per shaded region.

vfill(...,ColorSpec) defines the face color of the patch(es) created by vfill. ColorSpec can be one of the Matlab color names (e.g. 'red'), abbreviations (e.g. 'r', or rgb triplet (e.g. [1 0 0]). Or you can use the rgb function.

vfill(...,ColorSpec,'PatchProperty','PatchValue') defines patch properties such as 'EdgeColor' or 'FaceAlpha'.

vfill(...,'bottom') places the newly created patch(es) at the bottom of the uistack.

h = vfill(...) returns handle(s) of newly created patch objects.

Starting with this plot:

plot((1:100).^2,'linewidth',2)

Fill the range between 10 and 20:

vfill(10,20)

Make red regions 3 units wide between 70 and 90:

yl = 70:5:90; % lower bounds

vfill(yl,yl+3,'r')

Make a brown patch from 30 and 40 with no edge color and put it below everything:

vfill(30,40,rgb('brown'),'edgecolor','none','bottom')

Semitransparent mauve region from 45 and 55 with dotted gray edges:

vfill(45,55,rgb('mauve'),...
   'edgecolor',rgb('gray'),...
   'linestyle',':',...
   'facealpha',0.8);

Author Info

This function is part of the Climate Data Toolbox for Matlab. The function and supporting documentation were written by Chad A. Greene of the University of Texas at Austin.

Published with MATLAB® R2018b