Plots: Designing and Saving

How can I include code in my M-File that builds a plot of my data with the following properties:

• grid on
• a vertical line at data point 10 running from the min to max y limits
• title
• xlabel and ylabels

I then want to be able to save this plot as an image with something like:

    saveas(graph, 'graph.tiff');

Many thanks for any help you are able to give me!

Answer 1

[R Strange]

clc clear all clf

xLimits = [10 10]; %Set x limits here

yLimits = [-10 10]; %Set y limits here

hold

figL = line(xLimits, yLimits);

grid on %Turns major x and y grids on for plot

title('Put Title here') %Title Placement

xlabel('Put X Axis Label here') %x-axis label

ylabel('Put Y axis Label Here') %y-axis label

hold off

hfig = (gcf); %get plot handle

saveas(hfig, 'myGraphImage.tiff') %saves plot as an image in your current workspace dir

[Philip]

Thanks so much! I was struggling to find how to save the figure; and it seems 'gcf' was all I needed... Thanks again!

Answer 2

[Robert Cumming]

help grid
help ylim %use this to get y limits so you can plot ( [10 10], [ymin ymax] )
help title
help xlabel
help ylabel

[Philip]

Thanks for your help! I've learnt a lot from these help files!