[转] matlab中legend的自由设置

在绘制plot图的过程中，有时候会遇到线条比较多legend太长想将其分列的情况，经搜索在百度知道上找到了下边这两种方法，各有千秋，适用于不同的情况：

转自：https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/624168427868739764.html

方法1：

采用代码画legend，参考如下：

clear ;

clc;
figure(1);
cxd = rand(10,6)*0.8;  %%%%% 产生0到0.8的随机数
h2=plot(cxd);
set(h2(1),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','b','Marker','o',...
       'MarkerEdgeColor','b','MarkerFaceColor','b','MarkerSize',5)
set(h2(2),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','m','Marker','o',...
       'MarkerEdgeColor','m','MarkerFaceColor','m','MarkerSize',5)
set(h2(3),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','r','Marker','o',...
       'MarkerEdgeColor','r','MarkerFaceColor','r','MarkerSize',5)
set(h2(4),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','c','Marker','o',...
       'MarkerEdgeColor','c','MarkerFaceColor','c','MarkerSize',5)
set(h2(5),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','k','Marker','o',...
       'MarkerEdgeColor','k','MarkerFaceColor','k','MarkerSize',5)
set(h2(6),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','g','Marker','o',...
       'MarkerEdgeColor','g','MarkerFaceColor','g','MarkerSize',5)
%下面都是为了把图例放到合适的位置而设置的
hold on
x=[[1 1  4 4  7 7 ]+0.5;[1 1  4 4  7 7 ]+1.5];
y=[[9 8  9 8  9 8 ]./10+0.05;[9 8  9 8  9 8 ]./10+0.05];
h3=plot(x,y);
set(h3(1),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','b')
set(h3(2),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','m')
set(h3(3),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','r')
set(h3(4),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','c')
set(h3(5),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','k')
set(h3(6),'LineStyle','-','LineWidth',2,'Color','g')
%以上是为了画图例线
hold on
x1=[[1 1  4 4  7 7 ]+1;[1 1  4 4  7 7 ]+1];
y1=[[9 8  9 8  9 8 ]./10+0.05;[9 8  9 8  9 8 ]./10+0.05];
h4=plot(x1,y1);
set(h4(1),'Marker','o','MarkerEdgeColor','b','MarkerFaceColor','b','MarkerSize',5)
set(h4(2),'Marker','o','MarkerEdgeColor','m','MarkerFaceColor','m','MarkerSize',5)
set(h4(3),'Marker','o','MarkerEdgeColor','r','MarkerFaceColor','r','MarkerSize',5)
set(h4(4),'Marker','o','MarkerEdgeColor','c','MarkerFaceColor','c','MarkerSize',5)
set(h4(5),'Marker','o','MarkerEdgeColor','k','MarkerFaceColor','k','MarkerSize',5)
set(h4(6),'Marker','o','MarkerEdgeColor','g','MarkerFaceColor','g','MarkerSize',5)
%以上是为了画图例的点
legends={'cxd1','cxd2','cxd3','cxd4','cxd5','cxd6'};
tx=[1 1  4 4  7 7 ]+1.8;
ty=[9 8  9 8  9 8 ]./10+0.05;
for i=1:6
    text(tx(i),ty(i),legends{i});
end   
%以上是为了设置图例中字的放置位置   
xlim([1,10]);ylim([0,1]);
xlabel('x');ylabel('y');title('legend测试');
grid on;box off;

方法2：

分别构造两个legend，见下面的例子：

a=0:0.01:4*pi;
y1=100*sin(a);
y2=50*cos(a);
y3=20*sin(2*a);
y4=tan(a);
y5=log(a);
y6=tan(2*a);
y=[y1;y2;y3;y4;y5;y6];
figure
p=plot(a,y)
 
legend(p(1:3),'sin','cos','sin(2a)');
ah=axes('position',get(gca,'position'),'visible','off');
legend(ah,p(4:6),'tan','log','tan(2a)');

图出来以后，将legend图框拖到合适的位置，

不喜欢有外框，可以关掉（legend boxoff）