Plot values as a box

Dear Community

I would like to create a plot for my bachelor thesis that looks like the one in the picture.

However, I haven't seen anything similar and would like some advice on how to do it. Of course it would be better to just get a solution.

Thanks a lot if you take care of the question.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

One approach —

barvals = sort(rand(2,5),'descend')                         % Matrix Defining Limits Of Bars

barvals = 2×5

0.5639 0.6979 0.6853 0.4293 0.6496 0.1724 0.3140 0.0080 0.1476 0.4906

figure
plot([1;1]*(1:size(barvals,2)), barvals,  'LineWidth',25, 'Color',[1 1 1]*0.8)
hold on
plot([1;1]*(1:size(barvals,2)), [-0.01;0.01]*(ones(size(barvals(1,:))))+barvals(1,:), 'r', 'LineWidth',25)
plot([1;1]*(1:size(barvals,2)), [-0.01;0.01]*(ones(size(barvals(2,:))))+barvals(2,:), 'b', 'LineWidth',25)
hold off
xlim([0 size(barvals,2)+1])
text(1:size(barvals,2), mean(barvals), compose('$%d$',randi(200,1,size(barvals,2))), 'Horiz','center', 'Vert','middle', 'Rotation',90, 'Interpreter','latex', 'FontSize',14)

Adding the tick labels is straightforward. I can help with that if you like.

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[Fabian Walther]

Hello Star Rider

Thanks for your help, it is exactly what I was looking for.

I have uploaded the final result as an image and will add my code below in case anyone has the same question.

Data = readmatrix('Data.xlsx');

barvals = sort(Data(1:2,:),'descend');                        % Matrix Defining Limits Of Bars


%figure
plot([1;1]*(1:size(barvals,2)), barvals,  'LineWidth',25, 'Color',[1 1 1]*0.8)
hold on
plot([1;1]*(1:size(barvals,2)), [-0.01;1]*(ones(size(barvals(1,:))))+barvals(1,:), 'r', 'LineWidth',25)
plot([1;1]*(1:size(barvals,2)), [-0.01;1]*(ones(size(barvals(2,:))))+barvals(2,:), 'b', 'LineWidth',25)
hold off
xlim([0 size(barvals,2)+1])
text(1:size(barvals,2), mean(barvals), compose('$%d$',Data(3,:)), 'Horiz','center', 'Vert','middle', 'Rotation',90, 'Interpreter','latex', 'FontSize',14)
xt = get(gca, 'XTick');
%Name of the x-axis
set(gca, 'XTick', xt, 'XTickLabel', {'','Toluen' 'Lit Toluen' 'Ethanol' 'Lit Ethanol',...
    'Acetonitril','Lit Acetonitril','DMSO','Lit DMSO'})
%define y-label
ylabel('$\lambda$ / nm','interpreter','latex');
set(gcf,'color','w');

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

It would be straightforward to add the legend as well. It would likely be necessary to use ylim to increase the upper limit of the axes in order to accommodate it.