Remove legend items from Figure
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shdotcom shdotcom
on 25 Jan 2019
Commented: shdotcom shdotcom
on 25 Jan 2019
In the figure, how to remove the item "aa" from the legennd without changing the shape of other items?
PointStyle = {'kp-', ...
'LineWidth', 1,...
'MarkerEdgeColor', 'k',...
'MarkerFaceColor', [0 0 .8],...
'MarkerSize',9};
plot(Points, PointStyle{:});
hold on
dataStyle = {'Marker','o', ...
'LineWidth', 1,...
'MarkerEdgeColor', [.8 0.4 0.2],...
'MarkerFaceColor', [1 .6 0.2],...
'MarkerSize',7};
plot(data, dataStyle{:});
if n <=3
%toDO
else
legend_str = {'aa','bb','cc'};
legend(legend_str, 'Fontsize',10,'Location', 'southoutside', 'Orientation','horizontal');
end
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/201453/image.jpeg)
if n <=3
%toDO
else
legend_str = {'aa','bb','cc'};
legend(legend_str{2}, legend_str{3}, 'Fontsize',10,'Location', 'southoutside', 'Orientation','horizontal');
end
The shape of third item "cc" is changed:
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/201454/image.jpeg)
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madhan ravi
on 25 Jan 2019
Ok see this example , see if this is what you want:
plot(1:10,'-*r')
hold on
plot(2*(1:10),'-vg')
plot(3*(1:10),'-ob')
h=get(gca,'Children'); % grab all the axes handles at once
legendstr={'aa','bb','cc'};
legend(h([1 3]),legendstr{[1 3]}) % see the second label is skipped withoud changing shape
hold off
Accepted Answer
Lucademicus
on 25 Jan 2019
You could do it based on the order of appearance of the plots.
Assuming 'aa' is plot first, then 'bb' and then 'cc':
figure;
hold on
plot(rand(4,1),rand(4,1),'r','DisplayName','Red')
plot(rand(4,1),rand(4,1),'g','DisplayName','Green')
plot(rand(4,1),rand(4,1),'b','DisplayName','Blue')
hPlots = flip(findall(gcf,'Type','Line')); % flipped, because the lines our found in reverse order of appearance.
legend_str = {'aa','bb','cc'};
legend(hPlots(2:3), legend_str(2:3), 'Fontsize',10,'Location', 'southoutside', 'Orientation','horizontal');
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