Extract X and Y data points from a plot

Version 1.2.0.0 (427 Bytes) by Kevin Michael
Open the figure, run the script, and get back your plotted data points.
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Often times, you would have plotted some data and deleted them, but would have saved your figure file. How do you get back the data points from the figure? Open the figure, run this script, and you will have your X and Y data points in your workspace

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Kevin Michael (2024). Extract X and Y data points from a plot (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/55198-extract-x-and-y-data-points-from-a-plot), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2014a
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Version Published Release Notes
1.2.0.0

Added comments
1.1.0.0

Updated for 3D plots
1.0.0.0