Legend with certain number of rows and columns

Hello everyone,

I would like to plot 6 curves in a diagram and the legend should have the first 4 curves in the first column and the last two curves in the second column. How can I arrange this? Thank you very much for your help!

[Askic V]

Davide provided the answer. Just in case you're interested to learn more about different options, similar question was answered by Mathworks Support Team here:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/337756-how-can-i-make-a-legend-that-has-both-rows-and-columns

Answer 1

[Davide Masiello]

Use legendflex from file exchange.

x = linspace(0,1,1000);
n = (1:6)';
y = x.^n;

p = plot(x,y);
title('y = x^n')
legendflex(p,{'n=1','n=2','n=3','n=4','n=5','n=6'},...
                'ncol',2,'nrow',4,'anchor',[1 1],'buffer',[10 -10],'box','off')

[dj1du]

Thank you very much, that looks very good! But I created the six curves by different plot commands, i.e. according to your naming I would introduce variables p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6 for each plot. What would be the correct syntax in this case when calling legendflex?

[Davide Masiello]

I guess this could be considered cheating, but it does work

x = linspace(0,1,1000);
n = (1:6)';
y = x.^n;

p1 = plot(x,y(1,:)); hold on
p2 = plot(x,y(2,:));
p3 = plot(x,y(3,:));
p4 = plot(x,y(4,:));
p5 = plot(x,y(5,:));
p6 = plot(x,y(6,:));

title('y=x^n')
legendflex(p1,{'n=1'},'anchor',[1 1],'buffer',[10 -10],'box','off')
legendflex(p2,{'n=2'},'anchor',[1 1],'buffer',[10 -25],'box','off')
legendflex(p3,{'n=3'},'anchor',[1 1],'buffer',[10 -40],'box','off')
legendflex(p4,{'n=4'},'anchor',[1 1],'buffer',[10 -55],'box','off')
legendflex(p5,{'n=5'},'anchor',[1 1],'buffer',[80 -10],'box','off')
legendflex(p6,{'n=6'},'anchor',[1 1],'buffer',[80 -25],'box','off')