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Ihavefourdatapointsalongadateaxis,whichIwanttoplotasastairs.

thedataare

Data = [9;9;10;9]

thedatesareinchronologicalorder,butdon'treallymaterhereIthink.

Myproblemisthatwhenplottingas

stairs(Dates,Data)

matlabmarkssixdatapointsinsteadoftheactualfour.Irealizethatthisisnecessaryinordertodothecorners,
butisn'tthereawaytokeepthelinewhilehavingthemarkersonlyontheactualdatapoints.

Andmoreimportantly,asitisnowtheplotrisesto10(andhasamarkerat9atthesametime)beforethe
matchingdate,andgoesbackto9atthetimeitshouldbe10.

IsthereanypropertyIneedtochangeinordertogettheoutputIwant?

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AnswerbyFangjunJiangon19Dec2011

Iguessthatiswhatthewaystairs()isdesigned.

Toansweryourfirstpartofthequestion,youprobablyneedtodotwosteps.

%%
Data=[9;9;10;9];
figure;
stairs(Data);
hold on;
plot(Data,'*');
axis([0 5 8 11]);

Iamnotveryclearaboutyoursecondpartofthequestion.Maybethis?

%%
Data=[9;9;10;9];
figure;
stairs([Data;Data(end)]);
hold on;
plot(Data,'*');
axis([0 5 8 11]);

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PatrickSaegesseron19Dec2011

Thanksforyouranswer.SorrythatIwasn'ttooclear.

I'llhavetotry,butIthinkthefirstpartpartshouldworkintwostepsasyoudescribed.Idon't
understandwhyitmarkspointsthatarenotinthedataset,butasyousaid,itmaythewayitis
designed.

Regardingthesecondquestion,usingyouraxispoints,IwanttheplottoreflectthattheDateis
alwaysthefirstpointintimeonagivenlevel,andtheyvalueremainsthereuntilaneweventoccurs.

Currently,thestepfromy=9toy=10takesplaceatx=5,remainsthereonx=8anddropstoy=9there.
ThusIhavetwopointswherey=10andy=9atthesamexvalue,oneatx=5,theotheratx=8.

Iwouldliketohaveitrisetoy=10atx=8andremainthereuntilx=11,whereitthendropsback.

FangjunJiangon19Dec2011

Ithinkyoumayhavesomeinconsistencydescribingyourdatainyourcomments.Icanthinkofaway
toshowthedropofyfrom10to9atx=8,butIdon'tseewhyx=11comestothepicture.

%%
Data=[99109]
x=[1358]
figure
stairs([xx(end)+1],[DataData(end)])
holdon
plot(x,Data,'*')
axis([010811])

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