3-D scatter plot of text (2024)

3-D scatter plot of text

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Syntax

ts = textscatter3(x,y,z,str)

ts = textscatter3(xyz,str)

ts = textscatter3(ax,___)

ts = textscatter3(___,Name,Value)

Description

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ts = textscatter3(x,y,z,str) creates a 3-D text scatter plot with elements of str at the locations specified by the vectors x, y, and z.

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ts = textscatter3(xyz,str) creates a 3-D text scatter plot with elements of str at the locations specified by the rows of xyz. This syntax is equivalent to textscatter(xyz(:,1),xyz(:,2),xyz(:,3),str).

ts = textscatter3(ax,___) plots into axes object ax. Use this syntax with any of the input arguments in previous syntaxes.

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ts = textscatter3(___,Name,Value) specifies additional TextScatter properties using one or more name-value pair arguments.

Examples

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Create 3-D Text Scatter Plot

Open Live Script

Plot a string array of numbers at random points on a 3-D text scatter plot.

x = rand(50,1);y = rand(50,1);z = rand(50,1);str = string(1:50);figuretextscatter3(x,y,z,str);

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Alternatively, you can pass the coordinates x, y, and z as a matrix xyz, where x, y, and z are the columns of xyz.

xyz = [x y z];figuretextscatter3(xyz,str)

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Open Live Script

Create text scatter plot of a word embedding and specify word colors.

Load a pretrained word embedding using fastTextWordEmbedding. This function requires Text Analytics Toolbox™ Model for fastText English 16 Billion Token Word Embedding support package. If this support package is not installed, then the function provides a download link.

emb = fastTextWordEmbedding;

Convert the first 250 words to vectors using word2vec. V is a matrix of word vectors of length 300.

words = emb.Vocabulary(1:250);V = word2vec(emb,words);size(V)
ans = 1×2 250 300

Embed the word vectors in a 3-D space using tsne.

XYZ = tsne(V,'NumDimensions',3);

Plot the words at the coordinates specified by XYZ in a 3-D text scatter plot. Specify the word colors to be random.

numWords = numel(words);colorData = rand(numWords,3);figuretextscatter3(XYZ,words,'ColorData',colorData)title("Word Embedding t-SNE Plot")

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Input Arguments

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xx values
vector

x values, specified as a vector. x, y, z, and str must be of equal length.

Example: [1 2 3]

yy values
vector

y values, specified as a vector. x, y, z, and str must be of equal length.

Example: [1 2 3]

zz values
vector

z values, specified as a vector. x, y, z, and str must be of equal length.

Example: [1 2 3]

xyzx, y, and z values
matrix

x, y, and z values, specified as a matrix. The first, second, and third columns of xyz correspond to the x, y, and z values, respectively.

strInput text
string vector | cell array of character vectors

Input text, specified as a string vector or cell array of character vectors. x, y, z, and str must be of equal length.

Example: ["one" "two" "three"]

Data Types: string | cell

axAxes object
axes object

Axes object. If you do not specify an axes object, then the function uses the current axes.

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: 'Marker','*' specifies the markers to be asterisks.

The TextScatter object properties listed here are only a subset. For a complete list, see TextScatter Properties.

TextDensityPercentagePercentage of text data to show
60 (default) | scalar from 0 through 100

Percentage of text data to show, specified as a scalar from 0 through 100. To show all text, set TextDensityPercentage to 100. To show no text, set TextDensityPercentage to 0.

If you set TextDensityPercentage to 100, then the software does not plot markers.

Example: 70

MaxTextLengthMaximum length of text labels
40 (default) | positive integer

Maximum length of text labels, specified as a positive integer. The software truncates the text labels to this length and adds ellipses at the point of truncation.

Example: 10

MarkerColorMarker colors
'auto' (default) | 'none' | RGB triplet

Marker colors, specified as one of these values:

  • 'auto' — For each marker, use the same color as the corresponding text labels.

  • 'none' — Do not show markers.

  • RGB triplet — Use the same color for all the markers in the plot. An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1]; for example, [0.5 0.6 0.7].

Example: [1 0 0]

ColorDataText colors
[] (default) | RGB triplet | matrix of RGB triplets | categorical vector

Text colors, specified as one of these values:

  • RGB triplet — Use the same color for all the text in the plot. An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1]; for example, [0.5 0.6 0.7].

  • Three-column matrix of RGB triplets — Use a different color for each text label in the plot. Each row of the matrix defines one color. The number of rows must equal the number of text labels.

  • Categorical vector — Use a different color for each category in the vector. Specify ColorData as a vector the same length as XData. Specify the colors for each category using the Colors property

Example: [1 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 1]

ColorsCategory colors
matrix of RGB triplets

Category colors, specified as a matrix of RGB triplets. An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1]; for example, [0.5 0.6 0.7].

By default, Colors is equal to the ColorOrder property of the axes object.

Example: [1 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 1]

Output Arguments

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tsTextScatter object
TextScatter object

TextScatter object. Use ts to access and modify properties of the text scatter chart after it has been created. For more information, see TextScatter Properties.

Version History

Introduced in R2017b

See Also

wordcloud | textscatter | tokenizedDocument | fastTextWordEmbedding | wordEmbedding | word2vec

Topics

  • Visualize Text Data Using Word Clouds
  • Visualize Word Embeddings Using Text Scatter Plots
  • Prepare Text Data for Analysis

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FAQs

What is a 3-dimensional scatter plot? ›

3D scatter plots are used to plot data points on three axes in the attempt to show the relationship between three variables. Each row in the data table is represented by a marker whose position depends on its values in the columns set on the X, Y, and Z axes.

What is the X Y Z scatter plot? ›

Unlike a classic XY scatter chart, a 3D scatter plot displays data points on three axes (x, y, and z) in order to show the relationship between three variables. Therefore, it is often called an XYZ plot.

What is scatter map 3D? ›

A 3D scatter plot allows the visualization of multivariate data. This scatter plot takes multiple scalar variables and uses them for different axes in phase space.

What 3 things does a scatter plot reveal? ›

A scatterplot displays the strength, direction, and form of the relationship between two quantitative variables. A correlation coefficient measures the strength of that relationship.

How do you plot 3 dimensional data in Excel? ›

Go to the "Insert" tab in the Excel ribbon and select the desired chart type under the "Charts" section. Choose the 3D plot option that best fits your needs. Customize your chart by adding titles and labels and adjusting the appearance of the plot. Analyze your chart to identify trends and patterns in your data.

Can Excel make a scatter plot? ›

Copy the example worksheet data into a blank worksheet, or open the worksheet that contains the data you want to plot in a scatter chart. Select the data you want to plot in the scatter chart. Click the Insert tab, and then click Insert Scatter (X, Y) or Bubble Chart. Click Scatter.

How do you construct a scatter plot? ›

To construct a scatter diagram:
  1. Identify the independent and dependent variables.
  2. Assign the independent variable to the horizontal or x -axis. Assign the dependent variable to the vertical or y -axis.
  3. Plot the points on an (x,y) -grid.
  4. Label the axes, including both the variable names and units.
  5. Include a chart title.

What is the difference between a scatter plot and a scatter chart? ›

A scatter plot (aka scatter chart, scatter graph) uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables. The position of each dot on the horizontal and vertical axis indicates values for an individual data point. Scatter plots are used to observe relationships between variables.

What does a scatter diagram look like? ›

The scatter diagram graphs pairs of numerical data, with one variable on each axis, to look for a relationship between them. If the variables are correlated, the points will fall along a line or curve. The better the correlation, the tighter the points will hug the line.

What is a 3 dimensional line plot? ›

The most basic three-dimensional plot is a line or collection of scatter plot created from sets of (x, y, z) triples. In analogy with the more common two-dimensional plots discussed earlier, these can be created using the ax. plot3D and ax. scatter3D functions.

What is 3 dimensional data visualization? ›

Scientific Visualization: 3D data visualization is often used in scientific research, allowing scientists to create detailed 3D models of molecules, cells, and other structures. These models can be used to better understand complex biological and chemical processes.

What is a 3 dimensional chart? ›

A three-dimensional graph may refer to. A graph (discrete mathematics), embedded into a three-dimensional space. The graph of a function of two variables, embedded into a three-dimensional space.

What is a 3 dimensional surface plot? ›

Surface plots are diagrams of three-dimensional data. Rather than showing the individual data points, surface plots show a functional relationship between a designated dependent variable (Y), and two independent variables (X and Z). The plot is a companion plot to the contour plot.

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