MATLAB: Do I get an error when setting the LineStyle property for multiple lines in MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a)

Question

When I executed the following commands in R2007a…

h = plot(rand(10,6))
set(h, {'LineStyle'}, {'-';'--o';'--x';':';':';':'})

I received the following error:

??? Error using ==> set

Bad property value found.

Object Name : line

Property Name : 'LineStyle'.

Answer 1

The "LineStyle" property for a line object only accepts values of '-', '--', ':', '-.' or 'none'. You can use the "Marker" property to separately set marker symbols. To illustrate, here is an example:

h = plot(rand(10,6))
set(h, {'LineStyle'}, {'-';'--';'--';':';':';':'})
set(h, {'Marker'}, { 'none'; 'o'; 'x'; 'none'; 'none'; 'none'; })

For further help with Line properties in R2007a, refer to the corresponding documentation:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2007a/techdoc/index.html?/help/releases/R2007a/techdoc/ref/line_props.html

For your reference, here is a link to the corresponding documentation for a more recent MATLAB version, e.g. R2018b:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2018b/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.chart.primitive.line-properties.html