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Area, Bar, and Pie Plots
| area | Area plot |
| bar | Vertical bar chart |
| barh | Horizontal bar chart |
| bar3 | Vertical 3-D bar chart |
| bar3h | Horizontal 3-D bar chart |
| pareto | Pareto char |
| pie | Pie plot |
| pie3 | 3-D pie plot |
Contour Plots
| contour | Contour (level curves) plot |
| contour3 | 3-D contour plot |
| contourc | Contour computation |
| contourf | Filled contour plot |
| ezcontour | Easy to use contour plotter |
| ezcontourf | Easy to use filled contour plotter |
Direction and Velocity Plots
| comet | Comet plot |
| comet3 | 3-D comet plot |
| compass | Compass plot |
| feather | Feather plot |
| quiver | Quiver (or velocity) plot |
| quiver3 | 3-D quiver (or velocity) plot |
Discrete Data Plots
| stem | Plot discrete sequence data |
| stem3 | Plot discrete surface data |
| stairs | Stairstep graph |
Function Plots
| ezcontour | Easy to use contour plotter |
| ezcontourf | Easy to use filled contour plotter |
| ezmesh | Easy to use 3-D mesh plotter |
| ezmeshc | Easy to use combination mesh/contour plotter |
| ezplot | Easy to use function plotter |
| ezplot3 | Easy to use 3-D parametric curve plotter |
| ezpolar | Easy to use polar coordinate plotter |
| ezsurf | Easy to use 3-D colored surface plotter |
| ezsurfc | Easy to use combination surface/contour plotter |
| fplot | Plot a function |
Histograms
| hist | Plot histograms |
| histc | Histogram count |
| rose | Plot rose or angle histogram |
Polygons and Surfaces
| convhull | Convex hull |
| cylinder | Generate cylinder |
| delaunay | Delaunay triangulation |
| dsearch | Search Delaunay triangulation for nearest point |
| ellipsoid | Generate ellipsoid |
| fill | Draw filled 2-D polygons |
| fill3 | Draw filled 3-D polygons in 3-space |
| inpolygon | True for points inside a polygonal region |
| pcolor | Pseudocolor (checkerboard) plot |
| polyarea | Area of polygon |
| ribbon | Ribbon plot |
| slice | Volumetric slice plot |
| sphere | Generate sphere |
| tsearch | Search for enclosing Delaunay triangle |
| voronoi | Voronoi diagram |
| waterfall | Waterfall plot |
Scatter/Bubble Plots
| plotmatrix | Scatter plot matrix |
| scatter | Scatter plot |
| scatter3 | 3-D scatter plot |
Animation
| frame2im | Convert movie frame to indexed image |
| getframe | Capture movie frame |
| im2frame | Convert image to movie frame |
| movie | Play recorded movie frames |
| noanimate | Change EraseMode of all objects to normal |
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