Histograms of two sets of data with different color in matlab

Ref: http://chi3x10.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/histograms-of-two-set-of-data-with-different-color-in-matlab/

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figure; hist(data1); hold on; %//make data1 red %//get the handle of the bars in a histogram h = findobj(gca,'Type','patch'); %//color of the bar is red and the color of the border %// of the bar is white! set(h,'FaceColor','r','EdgeColor','w'); %//data 2 use default color! hist(data2);

Edit: 03/30/09
As suggested by Adam in the comments, there is a better way to achieve that. Thanks Adam!!
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The variable h contains handles to each of the histograms. Just use “set” on each element individually.
e.g.:

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hist(data1);  hold on;  hist(data2);  hist(data3);   h = findobj(gca,’Type’,’patch’); display(h)   set(h(1),’FaceColor’,’r’,’EdgeColor’,’k’); set(h(2),’FaceColor’,’g’,’EdgeColor’,’k’); set(h(2),’FaceColor’,’b’,’EdgeColor’,’k’);