make colorbar range consistent across various plots

I am trying to plot images that have the option to go up to a value of 700 (hence max set to 700 on colorbar) but if value is only to 300 my colorbar looks like this and I am not able to compare to images with the 700 max. If graph goes to 700 colorbar looks normal. How can I resolve this?

currently using:

caxis([0 700])
colormap(jet)
scatter(data.x(:,1),data.y(:,1),25,data.s(:,1),'filled')
colorbar('Limits',[0 700])

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Call caxis() after you plot your data. When you do not have hold on in effect, the scatter() call (and most other high-level graphics calls) clear the axes properties including the color axis limits.

[Nicole Schrier]

This works, thanks!