Why am I unable to generate box plots with the BOXPLOT function and place these plots in the axes created using the SUBPLOT function in MATLAB 7.0.4 (R14SP2)?

When I execute the following commands, the figure window only diplays the last subplot:

pAbund = randn(16,5);
pIncorp = randn(16,5);
wpercent=[ones(size(pAbund)) 2*ones(size(pIncorp))];
wprobe=repmat([1:5],length(pAbund),2);
for i = 1:3
subplot(3,1,i)
boxplot([pAbund(:); pIncorp(:)],{wprobe(:) wpercent(:)})
end

However, the commands listed above execute as expected when the following command:

subplot(3,1,i)

is replaced with:

subplot(1,3,i)

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

We have verified that there is a bug in the MATLAB 7.0.4 (R14SP2), Statistics Toolbox 5.0.2, with resizing the box plot when using the BOXPLOT function.

There are currently no known workarounds.

[Walter Roberson]

Jacobo, when you subplot with a different arrangement of outputs (4 x 1 vs 1 x 7) then the later subplot() will delete all axes that it overlays; with the difference in sizes that is going to result in all of the subplot(4,1,*) being deleted, and in turn each of the subplot(4,1,j) is going to end up deleting several of the subplot(1,7,k).

If you want a 4 x 7 array of plots then you need to specify that

for j=1:4 % 4 output variables from simulations
    for k=1:7 % 7 input factors which effect on output variables I plot
      subplot(4,7,(j-1)*7 + k);
      boxplot(LINACC(:,j),IMPCOND(:,k))
    end
end