errbar

Version 1.3.0.0 (33.9 KB) by Chad Greene

Easily create vertical or horizontal error bars.

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Updated 17 Jul 2015

A more adaptable, less visually-cluttered version of Matlab's built-in errorbar function. Works with vertical or horizontal error bars. See the documentation page (little light bulb icon) for examples.

Cite As

Chad Greene (2025). errbar (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/50472-errbar), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

MATLAB Release Compatibility

Created with R2012b

Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

Windows macOS Linux

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Acknowledgements

Inspired by: HERRORBAR, errorbarxy, Enhancement to errorbar() plot, xyerrorbar, errorbar_x, errorbarxy, ploterr, Enhanced Errorbar Function, xerrorbar - Just like errorbar, but for uncertainty in x., Plot data with error bars on both x and y axes

Inspired: errorbarxy, superbar

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errbar(x,y,varargin)

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errbar documentation

Version	Published	Release Notes
1.3.0.0	17 Jul 2015	Updated to allow NaN inputs. Thanks for this suggestion, Ian Craig!	Download
1.2.0.0	12 Jun 2015	Removed error bar handle visibility to prevent error bars from showing up in plot legends. Thanks for this suggestion, David!	Download
1.0.0.0	11 Apr 2015		Download