Axis control and formatting in MATLAB - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the x-axis limits from 0 to 10.

MATLAB

xlim([1]);

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A(0, 10)

B[0 10]

C{0, 10}

D0:10

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using parentheses instead of square brackets.

Using curly braces which create a cell array.

Using a colon operator which creates a vector of multiple points.

The xlim function expects a vector with two elements specifying the lower and upper limits of the x-axis. Use square brackets to create this vector.

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medium

Complete the code to set the y-axis scale to logarithmic.

MATLAB

set(gca, '[1]', 'log');

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AYScale

BYLim

CYDir

DYTick

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'YLim' which sets limits, not scale.

Using 'YDir' which controls direction.

Using 'YTick' which controls tick marks.

The property YScale controls the scale of the y-axis. Setting it to 'log' changes the axis to logarithmic scale.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to set the x-axis ticks at 0, 5, and 10.

MATLAB

set(gca, 'XTick', [1]);

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A[0 5 10]

B(0, 5, 10)

C{0, 5, 10}

D0:5:10

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using parentheses or curly braces which are invalid here.

Using colon operator which creates a vector but with different spacing.

The XTick property expects a numeric vector specifying tick positions. Use square brackets to create this vector.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set the x-axis label and its font size.

MATLAB

xlabel('[1]', 'FontSize', [2]);

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ATime (s)

B12

C14

DAmplitude

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a number as the label text.

Using a string instead of a number for font size.

The first argument to xlabel is the label text. The 'FontSize' property sets the font size, which should be a number.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a plot, set the y-axis limits, and add a grid.

MATLAB

plot(x, y, '[1]');
ylim([2]);
grid([3]);

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A'r--'

B[0 100]

C'on'

D'b-'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect line style strings.

Using parentheses instead of square brackets for limits.

Using 'off' instead of 'on' for grid.

The plot function's third argument is the line style, e.g., 'r--' for red dashed line. The ylim function sets y-axis limits with a vector. The grid function turns the grid on with the string 'on'.