How to add a horizontal line in a bar plot????

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Dear all,
i use the command bar for a plot. I want to insert a horizontal line in a bar plot at y = 30. How can I do that? Thank you!

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 1 Feb 2013
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 1 Feb 2013
xlim=get(gca,'xlim');
hold on
plot(xlim,[30 30])
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 1 Feb 2013
Isn't the first line unnecessary? xlim is already the x limits - you don't have to call get() to retrieve it, it's already ready to be used "as is". xlim is actually a function itself that returns the x limits.
Thor
Thor on 2 Feb 2013
bar(X);
hold on
plot(xlim,[30 30], 'r')
works too! Thank you all!

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Vivian Hauss
Vivian Hauss on 19 Jul 2016
Edited: Vivian Hauss on 19 Jul 2016
A bit shorter:
hline(30,':k','This Line is horizontal')

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