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quiver
Quiverorvelocityplot

Syntax
quiver(x,y,u,v)
quiver(u,v)
quiver(...,scale)
quiver(...,LineSpec)
quiver(...,LineSpec,'filled')
quiver(...,'PropertyName',PropertyValue,...)
quiver(axes_handle,...)
h=quiver(...)

Description
Aquiverplotdisplaysvelocityvectorsasarrowswithcomponents(u,v)atthepoints(x,y).

Forexample,thefirstvectorisdefinedbycomponentsu(1),v(1)andisdisplayedatthepointx(1),y(1).

quiver(x,y,u,v)plotsvectorsasarrowsatthecoordinatesspecifiedineachcorrespondingpairofelementsinxandy.
Thematricesx,y,u,andvmustallbethesamesizeandcontaincorrespondingpositionandvelocitycomponents.
However,xandycanalsobevectors,asexplainedinthenextsection.Bydefault,thearrowsarescaledtojustnot
overlap,butyoucanscalethemtobelongerorshorterifyouwant.

quiver(u,v)drawsvectorsspecifiedbyuandvatequallyspacedpointsinthexyplane.

quiver(...,scale)automaticallyscalesthearrowstofitwithinthegridandthenstretchesthembythefactorscale.
scale=2doublestheirrelativelength,andscale=0.5halvesthelength.Usescale=0toplotthevelocityvectors
withoutautomaticscaling.YoucanalsotunethelengthofarrowsaftertheyhavebeendrawnbychoosingthePlotEdit
tool,selectingthequiverobject,openingthePropertyEditor,andadjustingtheLengthslider.

quiver(...,LineSpec)specifieslinestyle,markersymbol,andcolorusinganyvalidLineSpec.quiverdrawsthe
markersattheoriginofthevectors.

quiver(...,LineSpec,'filled')fillsmarkersspecifiedbyLineSpec.

quiver(...,'PropertyName',PropertyValue,...)specifiespropertynameandpropertyvaluepairsforthequiver
objectsthefunctioncreates.

quiver(axes_handle,...)plotsintotheaxeswiththehandleaxes_handleinsteadofintothecurrentaxes(gca).

h=quiver(...)returnsthehandletothequiverobject.

ExpandingxandyCoordinates
MATLABexpandsxandyiftheyarenotmatrices.Thisexpansionisequivalenttocallingmeshgridtogenerate
matricesfromvectors:

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[x,y]=meshgrid(x,y);
quiver(x,y,u,v)

Inthiscase,thefollowingmustbetrue:

length(x)=nandlength(y)=m,where[m,n]=size(u)=size(v).

Thevectorxcorrespondstothecolumnsofuandv,andvectorycorrespondstotherowsofuandv.

Examples collapseall

PlotVectorVelocities

Usequivertodisplayanarrowateachdatapointinxandysuchthat
thearrowdirectionandlengthrepresentthecorrespondingvaluesinu OpenScript
andv.

[x,y]=meshgrid(0:0.2:2,0:0.2:2);
u=cos(x).*y;
v=sin(x).*y;

figure
quiver(x,y,u,v)

ShowGradientwithQuiverPlot

Plotthegradientofthefunction .
OpenScript

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[X,Y]=meshgrid(2:.2:2);
Z=X.*exp(X.^2Y.^2);
[DX,DY]=gradient(Z,.2,.2);

figure
contour(X,Y,Z)
holdon
quiver(X,Y,DX,DY)
holdoff

MoreAbout
CombineContourPlotandQuiverPlot

SeeAlso

Functions
contour|LineSpec|plot|quiver3

Properties
QuiverSeriesProperties

IntroducedbeforeR2006a

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