semilogy

Semilog plot (y-axis has log scale)

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Syntax

semilogy(Y)
semilogy(X1,Y1,...)
semilogy(X1,Y1,LineSpec,...)
semilogy(...,'PropertyName',PropertyValue,...)
semilogy(ax,...)
h = semilogy(...)

Description

semilogy plots data with logarithmic scale for the y-axis.

semilogy(Y) creates a plot using a base 10 logarithmic scale for the y-axis and a linear scale for the x-axis. It plots the columns of Y versus their index. If Y contains complex values, then semilogy(Y) is equivalent to semilogy(real(Y),imag(Y)). The semilogy function ignores the imaginary component in all other uses of this function.

semilogy(X1,Y1,...) plots all Yn versus Xn pairs. If only one of Xn or Yn is a matrix, semilogy plots the vector argument versus the rows or columns of the matrix, along the dimension of the matrix whose length matches the length of the vector. If the matrix is square, its columns plot against the vector if their lengths match. The values in Xn can be numeric, datetime, duration, or categorical values. The values in Yn must be numeric.

semilogy(X1,Y1,LineSpec,...) plots all lines defined by the Xn,Yn,LineSpec triples. LineSpec determines line style, marker symbol, and color of the plotted lines.

semilogy(...,'PropertyName',PropertyValue,...) sets property values for all the charting lines created by semilogy. For a list of properties, see Line Properties.

semilogy(ax,...) creates the line in the axes specified by ax instead of in the current axes (gca). The option ax can precede any of the input argument combinations in the previous syntaxes.

h = semilogy(...) returns a vector of chart line objects.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a plot with a logarithmic scale for the y-axis and a linear scale for the x-axis.

x = 0:0.1:10;
y = exp(x);

figure
semilogy(x,y)

Tips

If you do not specify a color when plotting more than one line, semilogy automatically cycle through the colors and line styles in the order specified by the current axes ColorOrder and LineStyleOrder properties.

You can mix Xn,Yn pairs with Xn,Yn,LineSpec triples; for example, 

semilogy(X1,Y1,X2,Y2,LineSpec,X3,Y3)

If you attempt to add a loglog, semilogx, or semilogy plot to a linear axis mode graph with hold on, the axis mode remains as it is and the new data plots as linear.

Extended Capabilities

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Functions

Properties

Topics

Introduced before R2006a

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