How to make the subplots look larger and use the space judiciously.

figure(1);
clf;

for i = 1 : 11;
    subplot(4,6,i)
    m_proj('Stereographic','lat',90,'long',300,'radius',35,'rect','on');
    if i<=6;
       m_contourf(long,lat,wint2_u(:,:,i),'linestyle','none');
    else
       m_contourf(long,lat,an_u(:,:,(i-6)),'linestyle','none');
    end
m_grid('linewi',1,'tickdir','out',...
    'xtick',6,'ytick',[72 78 84 90],...
    'xticklabel',[]);  
m_coast('patch',[.6 .6 .6],'edgecolor','k');
m_elev('contour',[ ],'edgecolor',' ');
caxis([-11 6])
axis tight
axis off
end

h4=colorbar;
set(h4, 'Position', [.785 .550 .01 0.15])

I like the following link and treid using it but did not work out. Any suggestions how can i use this in my script. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6685092/how-to-reduce-the-borders-around-subplots-in-matlab

The error message is Undefined function 'subaxis' for input arguments of type 'double'.

Answer 1

[Kelly Kearney]

To use the subaxis function, you need to follow the link provided there on the stackoverflow answer you reference (or this one: subaxis), download that code, and place it somewhere on your Matlab path.

[Sophia]

Thanks Kelly.. and can you provide some hint on how can i put a title on each of these subplot separately.

figure(1);
clf;

for i = 1 : 11;
    subaxis(3,6,i, 'Spacing', 0.04,'SpacingHoriz',0,'Padding', 0, 'Margin', 0.1);
    m_proj('Stereographic','lat',90,'long',300,'radius',35,'rect','on');
        if i<=6;
           m_contourf(long,lat,wint2_r(:,:,i),'linestyle','none');
        else
           m_contourf(long,lat,an_r(:,:,(i-6)),'linestyle','none');
        end
    m_grid('linewi',1,'tickdir','out',...
        'xtick',6,'ytick',[72 78 84 90],...
        'xticklabel',[]);  
    m_coast('patch',[.6 .6 .6],'edgecolor','k');
    m_elev('contour',[ ],'edgecolor',' ');
    caxis([-6 11])
    axis tight
    axis off
end

[Kelly Kearney]

To add titles, save the handles to your axes

ax(i) = subaxis(3, 6, i, ...)

Then you can pass the handles to title

for ii = 1:length(ax)
    title(ax(ii), sprintf('Thing %d', ii));
end

[Sophia]

Thanks.. It worked perfectly fine!