How can I arrange the ylabels using subplot and plotyy such that they do not overlap?

Hi all:

When I combine the plotyy and subplot command the ylabels overlap:

 figure
for i = 1:2
    subplot(1,2,i);
    ax = plotyy(1:10,randn(10,2),1:10,randn(10,2));
    set(get(ax(1),'Ylabel'),'String','label1') 
    set(get(ax(2),'Ylabel'),'String','label2')
end

Does anybody have an idea how to resolve this issue?

Best, Peter

Answer 1

[Thorsten]

You may want to move your current subplot to the right

 pos = get(gca, 'Position');
 pos(1) = pos(1) + 0.05;
 set(gca, 'Position', pos)

[Peter]

Thanks, Thorsten. That's what I was looking for.

Moving the current subplot to the right, however, lets the label on the second yaxis disappear. How can I enlarge the drawing area of the current figure (or, conversely, shrink all the subplots by a scalar)?

[Thorsten]

For each subplot

 pos = get(gca, 'Position');
 pos(3:4) = 0.8*pos(3:4);
 set(gca, 'Position', pos)

[Peter]

Perfect, many thanks!

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Isn't there a 'Position' property you can also set?