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ezpolar

(Not recommended) Easy-to-use polar coordinate plotter

  • Easy-to-use polar coordinate plotter

ezpolar is not recommended. Use fpolarplot instead. (since R2024a) For more information on updating your code, see Version History.

Description

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ezpolar(f) plots the curve defined by the function rho = f(theta) over the default interval [0, 2π] for theta.

ezpolar automatically adds a title to the bottom of the plot.

ezpolar(f,thetainterval) plots over the specified interval. Specify the interval as a two-element vector of the form [thetamin thetamax].

ezpolar(ax,___) plots into the axes specified by ax. Specify the axes as the first input argument in any of the previous syntaxes.

h = ezpolar(___) returns a Line object. Use h to modify properties of the plot after creating it. For a list of properties, see Line Properties.

Examples

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Plot the function 1+cos(θ) over the interval [0, 2π].

ezpolar("1+cos(theta)")

Plot of the polar function 1+cos(theta)

Input Arguments

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Function to plot, specified as a character vector, string scalar, or function handle to a named or anonymous function.

Specify a function of the form rho = f(theta). The function must accept at least one vector input argument and return a vector output argument of the same size.

If you specify the function as a character vector or string scalar, then multiplication, division, and exponentiation are performed as element-wise operations. For example, theta^2 is interpreted as theta.^2.

Example: ezpolar("sin(theta^2)")

If you specify the function as a function handle, use array operators instead of matrix operators for the best performance. For example, use .* (times) instead of * (mtimes).

Example: ezpolar(@(theta) sin(theta).*cos(theta))

If you specify a function that accepts more than one input argument, specify the function as an anonymous function.

Example: ezpolar(@(theta,arg2,arg3) myfun(theta,arg2,arg3))

Interval for theta, specified as a two-element vector of the form [thetamin thetamax].

Axes object. If you do not specify this argument, then ezpolar uses the current axes (gca).

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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