Quickly plot matlab data.

quickPlot.m

function quickPlot(varargin)
    % Quickly plot point clouds of data.
    % This works for up to 5 datasets of
    % 1D or 2D or 3D data, regardless of the
    % row-order or column-order format.
    %
    % Also works with 2D or 3D matrices.
    %
    % How to use this function:
    % --> Give it data. That's pretty much it.

    n = size(varargin, 2);
    disp('Color order: r g b c m')
    colors = char('r.', 'g.', 'b.', 'c.', 'm.');
    num_colors = size(colors, 1);

    hold on;

    for i = 1:n
        a = varargin{i};
        color = colors(mod(i-1,num_colors)+1,:);

        % 2D matrices (which includes 1D, 2D, and 3D plots)
        if length(size(a)) == 2
            % 1D Plots
            if size(a, 1) == 1 | size(a, 2) == 1
                if length(a) == 2
                    if size(a, 1) == 2
                        plot(a(1,:), a(2,:), color);
                    else
                        plot(a(:,1), a(:,2), color);
                    end
                else
                    n = sum(size(a)) - 1;
                    plot(1:n, a, color);
                end
            else
            %%%%% 2D Plots
                if size(a, 1) == 2
                    plot(a(1,:), a(2,:), color);
                elseif size(a, 2) == 2
                    plot(a(:,1), a(:,2), color);
                else
            %%%%%%%%% 3D Plots
                    if size(a, 1) == 3
                        plot3(a(1,:), a(2,:), a(3,:), color);
                    elseif size(a, 2) == 3
                        plot3(a(:,1), a(:,2), a(:,3), color);
                    else
            %%%%%%%%%%%%% Grayscale 
                        figure, imshow(a)
                    end
                end
            end
        end

        % 3D Plots
        if length(size(a)) == 3

            P = [];

            for i = 1:size(a, 1)
                for j = 1:size(a, 2)
                    for k = 1:size(a, 3)
                        if a(i,j,k) > 0
                            P = [P [i;j;k]];
                        end
                    end
                end
            end

            if sum(size(P)) > 0
                plot3(P(1,:), P(2,:), P(3,:), color);
            end
        end
    end
end