Can legend marker symbols be hard coded in MATLAB?

I am creating simple 2-D line plots with diamonds as the marker symbols. When I add the legend to the plot, the result is as follows;

Is there a way to change the marker symbol in the legend without changing it in the plot?

Answer 1

[Amos]

You can add a second curve that is outside the plot range and denote the symbold that you would like to see in your legend to this second curve. Then you make a legend and assign the text formally to the second curve.

Example:

figure
x_data = 1:10;
y_data = 700*rand(1,10);
plt1=plot(x_data,y_data,'r-d')
hold on
plt2=plot(-100,-100,'*')
set(gca,'Xlim',[1,10],'Ylim',[0,800])
legend(plt2,{'data1'})

[Brad]

Amos, cool idea. thanks.