Draw a 2D plot into a .txt file

Hi everyone,

Is there any existing function that allows to draw a simple 2D Graph into a .txt file ?

For example, let's say we have :

X = [0 1 2 3]

Y = [2 1 1 4]

fileID = fopen('mytxtFile.txt','w') ;

I doubt there is , but is there a function "drawIntoTxtFile" such that if I do : drawIntoTxtFile(fileID,X,Y), a "text graph" is generated into the txt file, which may look like this :

^

4 | X

3 |

2 X

1 | X X

0 |_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _>

0 1 2 3

I'd rather avoid coding myself the function if it already exists obviously, but couldn't find any help online.

Thanks a lot to you

[Ameer Hamza]

I don't think such a thing already exists, but what is the reason for doing this? Do you want to display a graph in some text-based terminal?

[CN75010]

Yes, I actually need to draw a graph into a txt file for a project, and just making a table won’t cut it for my needs

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

Someone has done something similar in python: https://github.com/nschloe/termplotlib. You can use this library in MATLAB: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/call-python-libraries.html.

[CN75010]

Thanks, that’s perfect !

[Ameer Hamza]

I am glad to be of help!