%% Plotting Categorical Data
% This example shows how to visualize categorical data. The categorical array is used to store data with values from a finite set of discrete categories. A subset of charting types support categorical arrays.
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%% Create Categorical Data
% Discrete values are often represented as character vectors. You can convert a cell array of character vectors to a categorical array using the categorical function.

load patients SelfAssessedHealthStatus Height Weight     % load data

HealthStatus = categorical(SelfAssessedHealthStatus);    % convert to categorical
summary(HealthStatus)                                    % show summary of categorical data

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%% Plot Pie Chart with Categorical Data
% Pie charts are often used to visualize data consisting of discrete values. Slices are automatically labeled with category names and percentages when using the pie function with categorical arrays.

figure
pie(HealthStatus)
title('Self Assessed Health Status')

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% To offset slices in the pie chart, specify the name of the categories as an optional input argument.

pie(HealthStatus,'Good')
title('Self Assessed Health Status')

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%% Plot Histogram with Categorical Data
% Histograms can be used to plot the counts for each discrete value in a categorical array. The bars are automatically labeled with category names.

histogram(HealthStatus)
title('Self Assessed Health Status')

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%% Plot Scatter Plot Colored by Categorical Data
% You can also use categorical data in scatter plots. You can use the categorical array to color the data by category.

scatter(Height,Weight,[],HealthStatus,'filled')
xlabel('Height')
ylabel('Weight')

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