%% Modify Visual Appearance of Grid Lines
% Change the color, line style, and transparency of grid lines for an area plot. Modify the appearance of the grid lines by accessing the Axes object. Then set properties related to the grid, such as the GridColor, GridLineStyle, and GridAlpha properties. Display the grid lines on top of the plot by setting the Layer property.

y = rand(10,1);
area(y)
grid on

ax = gca;
ax.GridColor = [0 .5 .5];
ax.GridLineStyle = '--';
ax.GridAlpha = 0.5;
ax.Layer = 'top';

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