gplot

Plot nodes and edges in adjacency matrix

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Syntax

gplot(A,XYCoords)
gplot(A,XYCoords,LineSpec)
[x,y] = gplot(A,XYCoords)

Description

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gplot(A,XYCoords) plots a graph of the nodes and edges defined in the adjacency matrix A at the coordinates specified in XYCoords. The adjacency matrix A is an n-by-n matrix, where n is the number of nodes. XYCoords is an n-by-2 matrix specifying xy-coordinates for each node.

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gplot(A,XYCoords,LineSpec) additionally uses LineSpec to specify the line type, marker symbol, and color to use in the plot. For example, gplot(A,XY,'r-*') uses red lines for edges and red asterisks for nodes.

[x,y] = gplot(A,XYCoords) returns the NaN-delimited vectors x and y without generating a plot. Use x and y to generate a plot at a later time using plot(x,y).

Examples

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Open Live Script

Plot half of the carbon-60 molecule, placing asterisks at each node.

k = 1:30;
[B,XY] = bucky;
gplot(B(k,k),XY(k,[1 2]),'-*')
axis square

Input Arguments

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Adjacency matrix, specified as a matrix. A describes the connections between the nodes in the graph by the location of nonzero values. If node i and node j are connected, then A(i,j) or A(j,i) is nonzero; otherwise, A(i,j) and A(j,i) are zero.

Example: A = ones(5) is the adjacency matrix of a graph with five nodes where each node is connected to all the others.

Example: A = [0 1 1 1; 1 0 0 0; 1 0 0 0; 1 0 0 0] is the adjacency matrix of a graph with four nodes where one node connects to the other three.

Data Types: single | double

xy-coordinates of nodes, specified as an N-by-2 matrix. Each row in XYCoords defines the coordinates for one node in the graph, so XYCoords(i,:) = [x(i) y(i)] gives the coordinates for node i.

Example: XYCoords = [1 2; 3 4] plots one node at (1,2) and a second node at (3,4).

Line style, marker, and color, specified as a character vector or string containing symbols. The symbols can appear in any order. You do not need to specify all three characteristics (line style, marker, and color). For example, if you omit the line style and specify the marker, then the plot shows only the nodes and no edges between them.

Example: '--or' is a red dashed line with circle markers.

Line StyleDescription
-Solid line (default)
--Dashed line
:Dotted line
-.Dash-dot line
MarkerDescription
oCircle
+Plus sign
*Asterisk
.Point
xCross
sSquare
dDiamond
^Upward-pointing triangle
vDownward-pointing triangle
>Right-pointing triangle
<Left-pointing triangle
pPentagram
hHexagram
ColorDescription

y

Yellow

m

Magenta

c

Cyan

r

Red

g

Green

b

Blue

w

White

k

Black

Output Arguments

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Node coordinates, returned as vectors. x and y contain the same information as XYCoords, but in a different format that is suitable for plotting with the command plot(x,y). The line segments defined in x and y are separated with NaN values.

Tips

  • Use graph and digraph objects to work with graph and network algorithms. You can visualize the networks with plot.

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