MATLAB: Get properties of histogram in MATLAB r2012a

Question

Hey

I am trying to plot a histogram as follows:

x= [1 2 3 4 5];
nbins = 20;
histogram = hist(x,nbins)

However, what I obtain is histogram = count nbins (as if I used the count function) and not a figure; because of this, if I try to get the properties of the figure using get(histogram) I get an error.

I tried only hist(x,nbins), without naming the histogram as above, and that does give me a figure. But then, when I try to get the properties of the figure using get(hist(x,nbins) I get an error.

What I am trying to achieve is to create a histogram, get its properties and then play around with them using 'set'. For that I need to be able to first name the histogram, I assume.

Could anyone please help me?

Answer 1

x= [1 2 3 4 5];
nbins = 20;
hist(x,nbins)
set(gcf)
set(gca)