Plotting two Matlab figures next to each other

Question

I'm trying to plot the two figures next to each other. The idea is to create square plots with 1 to 10 on the x-axis. I'm aware of the subplot function but some how it's not working for me. Help is greatly appreciated.

   % plotting the data
data1_plot=data1.*100; 
data2_plot=data2.*100; 
figure(1),
subplot(1,2,1); 
plot((1:10)',mean(data1_plot),'o-','LineWidth',1);hold on
for ii=2:10;
    if mean(data1_plot(:,ii))<mean(data1_plot(:,ii-1));
        plot([ii-1,ii],mean(data1_plot(:,ii-1:ii)),'r.-');
    end
end
set(gca,'XTickLabel',{'Unprofitable';'2';'3';'4';'5';'6';'7';'8';'9';'Profitable'});
axis([0.8,10.2,0.0,1.5]),...
    ylabel('Average return'),...
    title('\rm Equally-weighted PMU portfolio returns, 1990-2015');hold off;
subplot(1,2,2); 
plot((1:10)',mean(data2_plot),'o-','LineWidth',1);hold on
for ii=2:10;
    if mean(data2_plot(:,ii))<mean(data2_plot(:,ii-1));
        plot([ii-1,ii],mean(data2_plot(:,ii-1:ii)),'r.-');
    end
end
set(gca,'XTickLabel',{'Weak';'2';'3';'4';'5';'6';'7';'8';'9';'Robust'});
axis([0.8,10.2,0.0,1.5]),...
    ylabel('Average return'),...
    title('\rm Equally-weighted RMW returns, 1990-2015');hold off;

plots

Answer 1

You can use

axis square
xlim([1 10])

The first command makes the current axes region square (web) and the second set the x-axis limit.

Example:

subplot(1,2,1)
plot(1:10);
axis square
xlim([0 12]);

subplot(1,2,2)
plot(1:10);
axis square
xlim([1 10]);