Assign different symbols to my scatter3 plot.

I have a table with the following variables: Type, X, Y, and Z

Type is a string. X, Y and Z are numbers.

I am using this code to plot my data:

clf;

subplot(2,2,1)

a=scatter3(X,Y,Z,20,Z,'o','Filled');view(0,90);

colormap(jet);colorbar

set(gca, 'PlotBoxAspectRatio', [1,1,1])

set(gca, 'xticklabel',num2str(''))

However, this gives me only filled circles as symbols. I want to differentiate my data using the Type Column, and assign a different symbol instead of only circles for different Types.

I thank you in advance.

Answer 1

[KSSV]

REad about gscatter.

Or You have to assign different markers based on Z and plot.

[Tiago Angelo]

Thanks for your answer! I will give a read about it. :))

How could I assign different markers based on my strings in the Type column?

[KSSV]

[C,ia,ib] = uniuqe(Z) ;   %expecting Z to be strings 
N = length(C) ;
S = {'o', '*', 'd','t'} ; % Give your markers here
figure
hold on
for i = 1:4
    plot(x(ib==i),y(ib==i),S{i})
end

gscatter best suits you..Read about it.