`polarplot`

Plots lines on polar axes from angles and radii.

Syntax

polarplot(theta, rho)

Plots radius rho against angle theta in radians.

polarplot(rho)

Plots rho at equally spaced angles from 0 to 2*pi.

polarplot(Z)

For complex Z, uses the angle and magnitude of each element.

polarplot(___, LineSpec)

Sets color, line style and marker.

polarplot(pax, ___)

Plots into the polar axes pax.

h = polarplot(___)

Also returns the line handles.

Description

The angle starts at the right and grows counterclockwise by default, and these conventions can be changed through properties of the polar axes. The radial axis is adjusted with rlim, rticks and the other r... functions, and thetalim and thetaticks do the same for the angle.

Input arguments

theta: Angles in radians.
rho: Radii, the same size as theta.
pax: PolarAxes object from polaraxes.

Output arguments

h: Handles of the lines.

Example

Limaçon

theta = linspace(0, 2*pi, 400);
polarplot(theta, 1 + 2*cos(theta), 'LineWidth', 2)

In the app, the figure is drawn below the code.

polarplot