MATLAB Functions

Three-dimensional comet plot

comet3
comet3(z)
comet3(x,y,z)
comet3(x,y,z,p)

Description

A comet plot is an animated graph in which a circle (the comet head) traces the data points on the screen. The comet body is a trailing segment that follows the head. The tail is a solid line that traces the entire function.

comet3,

with no arguments, demonstrates the three-dimensional comet plot.

comet3(z)

displays a three-dimensional comet plot of the vector z.

comet3(x,y,z)

displays a comet plot of the curve through the points [x(i),y(i),z(i)].

comet3(x,y,z,p)

specifies a comet body of length p*length(y).

Examples

Create a three-dimensional comet plot:

t = --10*pi:pi/250:10*pi;
comet3((cos(2*t).^2).*sin(t),(sin(2*t).^2).*cos(t),t);