Types of MATLAB Plots

There are various functions that you can use to plot data in MATLAB^®. This table classifies and illustrates the common graphics functions.

Line Plots	Data Distribution Plots	Discrete Data Plots	Geographic Plots	Polar Plots	Contour Plots	Vector Fields	Surface and Mesh Plots	Volume Visualization	Animation	Images
`plot`	`histogram`	`bar`	`geobubble`	`polarplot`	`contour`	`quiver`	`surf`	`streamline`	`animatedline`	`image`
`plot3`	`histogram2`	`barh`	`geoplot`	`polarhistogram`	`contourf`	`quiver3`	`surfc`	`streamslice`	`comet`	`imagesc`
`stairs`	`pie`	`bar3`	`geoscatter`	`polarscatter`	`contour3`	`feather`	`surfl`	`streamparticles`	`comet3`
`errorbar`	`pie3`	`bar3h`		`compass`	`contourslice`		`ribbon`	`streamribbon`
`area`	`scatter`	`pareto`		`ezpolar`	`fcontour`		`pcolor`	`streamtube`
`stackedplot`	`scatter3`	`stem`					`fsurf`	`coneplot`
`loglog`	`scatterhistogram`	`stem3`					`fimplicit3`	`slice`
`semilogx`	`spy`	`scatter`					`mesh`
`semilogy`	`plotmatrix`	`scatter3`					`meshc`
`fplot`	`heatmap`	`stairs`					`meshz`
`fplot3`	`wordcloud`						`waterfall`
`fimplicit`	`parallelplot`						`fmesh`

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