Is there a difference between plot(x,y,'x') and scatter(x,y,'x')?

Is there a difference between plot(x,y,'x') and scatter(x,y,'x')?

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Like you can see the result is the same, but the two functions plot and scatter are different

[Seetha Rama Raju Sanapala]

My point is that when plot can do whatever scatter does, why have scatter again? Is there something scatter can do which plot can not?

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/80266-can-anyone-tell-me-what-is-the-difference-between-scatter-and-plot-commands-in-matlab#answer_89957

[Seetha Rama Raju Sanapala]

Great! You have hit the nail on its head!