Plot a sine wave and set the axis limits mode to manual to avoid recalculating the limits during the animation loop.

x = linspace(-6,6,1000); y = sin(x); plot(x,y) axismanual

Create a transform object and set its parent to the current axes. Plot a marker and a text annotation at the beginning of the line. Use thenum2strfunction to convert they-value at that point to text. Group the two objects by setting their parents to the transform object.

ax = gca; h = hgtransform('Parent',ax); holdonplot(x(1),y(1),'o','Parent',h); holdofft = text(x(1),y(1),num2str(y(1)),'Parent',h,...'VerticalAlignment','top','FontSize',14);

Move the marker and text to each subsequent point along the line by updating theMatrixproperty of the transform object. Use the x and y values of the next point in the line and the first point in the line to determine the transform matrix. Update the text to match they-value as it moves along the line. Usedrawnowto display the updates to the screen after each iteration.

fork = 2:length(x) m = makehgtform('translate',x(k)-x(1),y(k)-y(1),0); h.Matrix = m; t.String = num2str(y(k)); drawnowend

The animation shows the marker and text moving together along the line.

If you have a lot of data, you can usedrawnow limitrateinstead ofdrawnowfor a faster animation. However,drawnow limitratemight not draw every update on the screen.