MATLAB: A problem with multiple columns in legend

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Hi all,

I just made the following lines, simply I cannot make a multiple column legend.

If anyone knows how to deal with this, i would be very thankful!

Thanks in advance.

figure 
bar(randn(4)) 
[xx,yy] = legend({'a','b','c','d'}, 'box','off','NumColumns', 4)

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You cannot get multiple legend columns when you request the output of the legend icons.

[xx] = legend({'a','b','c','d'}, 'box','off','NumColumns', 4)

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