Why does my plot line appear outside the axes?
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I'm trying to make a double y-axis plot of data that extends beyond the x-axis limits of the plot. When I save the plot as a .png, the plot lines appear outside the right axis of the plot.
Here's code for a simplified version of what I'm trying that produces the issue:
x = [0 1 2 3 4];
yl = [0 1 2 4 3];
yr = [0 2 3 1 2];
yyaxis left
plot(x, yl)
yyaxis right
plot(x, yr)
xlim([1 3])
saveas(gcf,'[PATH].png')
And here's the image that's saved:
I know that there's a workaround of shortening the data arrays to the range of the x-axis limits before plotting, but I was wondering if there's a more elegant solution.
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Adam Danz
on 2 May 2024
@Sam Chak and @Jamie Bragg thanks for sharing this renderer information. It shows exactly what I needed to see. I'll take it from here and add this bug to our tracker. Thanks again for your help and cooperation!
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Sam Chak
on 26 Apr 2024
Because the xlim() command is used on the right y-axis plot.
x = [0 1 2 3 4];
yl = [0 1 2 4 3];
yr = [0 2 3 1 2];
yyaxis left
plot(x, yl), xlim([1 3])
yyaxis right
plot(x, yr), xlim([1 3])
% saveas(gcf,'[PATH].png')
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Sam Chak
on 26 Apr 2024
@Jamie Bragg, If the image is displayed correctly in MATLAB, what happens when you save the figure again after it has been properly rendered?
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