MATLAB: Plot non-continuous lines with markers

Question

Hello,

I want to plot lines with marker but I do not the lines to touch the marker. E.g. when I execute a command such as

x = [1 2 3 4];
y = [2 3 2 1];
figure;
plot(x, y, '-bo', 'LineWidth', 3, 'MarkerSize', 10, 'MarkerFaceColor', [0 0 1]);
axis([0 5 0 4]);

I get the following plot:

However, I do not want the lines to touch the markers, i.e., I want to plot the following figure:

Could anyone suggest how can I achieve the non-continuous lines as shown above?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

AG

Answer 1

x = [1 2 3 4];
y = [2 3 2 1];
figure;
plot(x, y, '-bo', 'LineWidth', 3, 'MarkerSize', 20, 'MarkerFaceColor', 'w', 'MarkerEdgeColor','w');
hold on
plot(x, y, 'bo','MarkerSize', 10, 'MarkerFaceColor', [0 0 1]);
axis([0 5 0 4]);

Increase the MarkerSize in the first plot, if you want more break.