Bar with errorbars

This code plots bars with errorbars, as simple as that.
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Updated Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:10:06 +0000

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As of now (2009-Jul-13), MATLAB doesn't have a built-in function to plot bars with with error bars on top of them. This function solves that problem.

To a beginning user, this provides a very simple way of plotting bar with errorbars with a simple command:
errorbarbar(y,e); % where y is the height of the bars and e is the limit to plot as error bars (of length 2*e, about y).

For an intermediate user, this function provides the handles to the BAR and ERRORBAR lines for further modification.
[b,e] = errorbarbar(y,e); % or ...
[b,e] = errorbarbar(x,y,e); % where x is center location of the group of bars

For an advanced user, this function also provides ways to modify any and all of the bar and line series properties while plotting it in the first place.

Example:
barSettings = {'facealpha',0.5,'edgecolor',[0.5 0.5 0.5]};
lineSettings = {'linestyle','--','linewidth',2};
[b,e] = errorbarbar(x,y,e,barSettings,lineSettings);
set(b,'facecolor',[0 0.5 0]); % set all bars to color green

Hint: You can use the lineSettings variable to use distinct upper and lower limits.

What it DOESN'T do:
1. Plot horizontal bar graphs
2. Work with bar(y,e,barSettings,lineSettings). Instead, use:
bar(x,y,e,barSettings,lineSettings).

Cite As

Venn Ravichandran (2024). Bar with errorbars (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24718-bar-with-errorbars), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2007b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
Acknowledgements

Inspired: superbar

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Version Published Release Notes
1.3.0.0

Error bars no longer have legends of their own. If you want them back on, then comment out line 63 :)

1.2.0.0

Now works with stacked bars as well.

1.1.0.0

Changed a bug which caused the program to give an error if either the barSettings or lineSettings was empty.

1.0.0.0