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Member of the plots class.

Syntax

polar(x, y)

polar(x, y, attributes)

Description

Generates a polar coordinates plot.

Details

Examples

Inputs

Name	Description
x	Specifies a vector of the angle (measured in radians) between the positive x-axis and a straight line from the plot point to the center of the polar plot.
y	Specifies a vector of the distance from the plot point to the center of the polar plot.
attributes	Specifies valid plot attributes. Order the plot attributes by color, point style, and line style. For example, 'bo-' specifies that the plot is blue, marks points with circles, and uses solid lines. attributes is a string that accepts a combination of the following values. 'b' Colors the plot blue. 'c' Colors the plot cyan. 'g' Colors the plot green. 'k' Colors the plot black. 'm' Colors the plot magenta. 'r' Colors the plot red. 'w' Colors the plot white. 'y' Colors the plot yellow. '.' Marks points with dots. 'o' Marks points with circles. 'x' Marks points with crosses. '+' Marks points with plus signs. '*' Marks points with asterisks. '-' Uses solid lines. ':' Uses dotted lines. '-.' Uses dashed and dotted lines. '--' Uses dashed lines.

Details

This function is not supported in the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine. This function can remain in your scripts when you build a stand-alone application or shared library, but the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine does not execute this function.

Examples

x = 0:0.2:5*pi;
polar(x, x, 'rx--')

Related Topics

ezpolar
plot