MATLAB graph plotting: assigning legend labels during plot

Question

I am plotting data in a typical MATLAB scatterplot format. Ordinarily when plotting multiple datasets, I would use the command \'hold on;\', and then plot each of the data,

Answer 1

Use 'DisplayName' as a plot() property, and call your legend as

legend('-DynamicLegend');

My code looks like this:

x = 0:h:xmax;                                  %// get an array of x-values
y = someFunction;                              %// function
plot(x, y, 'DisplayName', 'Function plot 1');  %// plot with 'DisplayName' property

legend('-DynamicLegend',2);                    %// '-DynamicLegend' legend

Source: http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/legend-semi-documented-feature/