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Use members of the plots class to generate or manipulate 2D and 3D plots.

Function	Description
alltitle	Multiple graph window title
allxlabel	Multiple graph window x-axis label
allylabel	Multiple graph window y-axis label
area	Filled area plot
axes	Generates or activates a plot
axis	Scales plot axes
bar	Vertical bar plot
bar3	3D vertical bar plot
bar3h	3D horizontal bar plot
barh	Horizontal bar plot
clf	Clears plot windows
clg	Clears current figure
close	Closes figures
colormap	Sets the color map of the current plot
contour	Contour plot
contour3	3D contour plot
contourf	Contour plot with intensity shading
datetick	Displays a time stamp for x-scale or y-scale
deferdraw	Defers drawing or redraws
errorbar	Plot with error bars
ezcontour	Contour plot of a function
ezcontourf	Contour plot with intensity shading of a function
ezmesh	Plots mesh of a function
ezmeshc	Plots mesh and contours of a function
ezplot	Standard plot of a function
ezplot3	3D plot of functions
ezpolar	Polar plot of a function
ezsurf	Surface plot of a function
ezsurfc	Surface plot and contours of a function
feather	Plots vectors
figure	Generates or activates a plot window
fill	Filled polygon
fplot	Standard plot of a function
gca	Returns reference to current plot area
gcf	Current plot window
get	Returns the attribute value of a plot object
ginput	Acquires data points from a plot
gplot	Plots coordinates using an adjacency matrix
grid	Adds/removes grids
gtext	Adds text to plot area
hold	Holds current graph
image	Plots an image
legend	Adds legend to plot
line	Adds line to plot
loglog	Double-logarithmic plot
mesh	Plots mesh
meshc	Plots mesh and contours
pareto	Pareto plot
pie	Pie chart
plot	Standard plot
plot3	3D plot
plotmatrix	Scatter plots of a matrix
plotyy	Plot with left and right y-axes
polar	Polar plot
quiver	Velocity plot
rgbplot	Plot of a color map matrix
scatter	Scatter plot
scatter3	3D scatter plot
semilogx	Logarithmic plot in x
semilogy	Logarithmic plot in y
set	Sets the attribute value of a plot object
shg	Brings plot window to front
stairs	Stairstep plot
stem	Stem plot
stem3	3D stem plot
strips	Strip plot
subplot	Creates tiled plots
surf	Surface plot
surfc	Surface plot and contours
surfnorm	Plots a 3D surface, including the normal
text	Adds text to plot area
title	Single graph window title
treeplot	Plots tree or forest
view	Sets the viewing position of a 3D plot
waterfall	3D waterfall
xlabel	Single plot window x-axis label
ylabel	Single plot window y-axis label
zlabel	Labels z-axis
zoom	Zooms in on graph