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Stairstep Plots
Stairstep plots display data as the leading edges of a constant interval (i.e., zero-order hold state). This type of plot holds the data at a constant y-value for all values between x(i) and x(i+1), where i is the index into the x data. This type of plot is useful for drawing time-history plots of digitally sampled data systems.
Example -- Stairstep Plot of a Function
Define a function f
that varies over time,
Use stairs
to display the function as a stairstep plot and a linearly interpolated function.
Annotate the graph and set the axes limits.
label = 'Stairstep plot of e^{-(\alpha*t)} sin\beta*t'; text(0.5,-0.2,label,'FontSize',14) xlabel('t = 0:10','FontSize',14) axis([0 10 -1.2 1.2])
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