plotting within a for loop

I have a for loop that takes 2 matrix 365x24 and plots each corresponding matrix line ,i.e. X(3,1:24) and Y(3,1:24), and plots it. I would like to be able to have a figure for every iteration so i can come back to it a look for it. In the long run i should have 365 accessible figures in the workspace. And if i can then take these 365 figures and store then in a folder

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

for k=1:365
h=plot(X(k,:),Y(k,:))
hgsave(h,'sprintf('fig%d',k))
close
end

To load your plots use

hgload('figurename')

[Christopher]

azzi can you elaborate on this code. When i try it, one plot shows up instead of 364 plots.

[Christopher]

hey Azzi, I got the code to work but i get an error on every graph that states ' error using open line(163) the name windowstyle is not an accessible property of an instance of class 'lineseries.' please help

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Can you post your code?

[Christopher]

%Zone C Data for 2011

clear all

%Data represents JAN 2 - DEC 31 DATE_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'C25:C8760'); % DATE FROM EXCEL

DA_LBMP_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'I25:I8760'); %DA_LMBP DATA FROM EXCEL

DA_REG_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'K25:K8760'); %DA_REGULATION DATA(DOLLARS)FROM EXCEL

DA_CON_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'P25:P8760'); %DA_CONGESTION DATA FROM EXCEL

TEMP_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'R25:R8760'); %TEMPERATURE DATA (F)FROM EXCEL

HUMIDITY_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'S25:S8760'); %HUMIDITY DATA FROM EXCEL

WIND_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'T25:T8760'); %WIND SPEED DATA (MPH?)FROM EXCEL

LOAD_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'U25:U8760'); %LOAD DATA (MW) FROM EXCEL

GAS_E = xlsread('Zone_C.xlsx',1,'V25:V8760'); %GAS PRICE DATA (DOLLARS) FROM EXCEL

%NOW REPRESENT DATA IN MATRIX FORM

HOUR = [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23];% VECTOR SO WE CAN PLOT ACCORDING TO THE HOUR OF THE DAY

DATE = reshape(DATE_E,24,[]);

DA_LBMP = reshape(DA_LBMP_E,24,[]); %RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

DA_REG = reshape(DA_REG_E,24,[]); %RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

DA_CON = reshape(DA_CON_E,24,[]); %RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

TEMP = reshape(TEMP_E,24,[]);%RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

HUMIDITY = reshape(HUMIDITY_E,24,[]);%RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

WIND= reshape(WIND_E,24,[]);%RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

LOAD = reshape(LOAD_E,24,[]);%RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

GAS = reshape(GAS_E,24,[]);%RESHAPE COLUMN DATA INTO 24 X 365 MATRIX

%NOW THAT WE HAVE MATRIX OF OUR DATA, WE CAN PLOT ACCORDING TO THE HOURS OF
%THE DAY FOR EACH VARIBLE 

%FOR LOOP TO SIMULTANEOUSLY GRAPH ALL VARIABLE
%Figure 1

for k=1:364
  hold on

        subplot(2,3,1)
    plot(HOUR,DA_LBMP(:,k)); %PLOTS HOUR V DA_LBMP ON A SPECIFIC DAY
      xlabel('hour');title('DA_LBMP'); 
      hold on
     subplot(2,3,2)
   plot(HOUR,DA_REG(:,k)); %PLOTS HOUR V DA_LBMP ON A SPECIFIC DAY
      xlabel('hour');ylabel('Price($)'); title('DA_REGULATION');
       hold on
      subplot(2,3,3)
    plot(HOUR,DA_CON(:,k)); %PLOTS HOUR V DA_LBMP ON A SPECIFIC DAY
      xlabel('hour');title('DA_congestion'); 
       hold on
      subplot(2,3,4)
    plot(HOUR,LOAD(:,k)); %PLOTS HOUR V DA_LBMP ON A SPECIFIC DAY
      xlabel('hour');ylabel('LOAD(MW)'); title('Load')
       hold on
      subplot(2,3,5)
    plot(HOUR,GAS(:,k)); %PLOTS HOUR V DA_LBMP ON A SPECIFIC DAY
      xlabel('hour');ylabel('Price($)'); title('Gas prices')
       hold on
     subplot(2,3,6)
    plot(HOUR,TEMP(:,k)); %PLOTS HOUR V DA_LBMP ON A SPECIFIC DAY
      xlabel('hour');ylabel('Temp(F)'); title('Temperature')

end

%AZZI THIS IS WHERE I AM HAVING TROUBLE. AS SOON AS I RUN THIS THE FIGURES
%GET STORED INTO THE MATLAB FOLDER BUT THEY DONT HAVE THE GRAPHICAL
%INFORMATION I NEED
for k=1:364
plot(HOUR,LOAD(:,k));
hgsave(sprintf('plot%d.jpg',k));
close
end

[Christopher]

hey azzi i got it to work ! thanks for your help! you are the man!

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

You might want to save them as PNG files so that you can see them in the operating system as thumbnails, that is, if you don't need to interact with them via the figure toolbar anymore.

yourFolder = pwd; % Or whatever folder you want to store them in.
for k=1:365
  cla;
  plot(X(k,:),Y(k,:));
  % Enlarge figure to full screen.
  set(gcf, 'units','normalized','outerposition',[0 0 1 1]);
  baseFileName = sprintf('Figure #%d.png', k);
  fullFileName = fullfile(yourFolder, baseFileName);
  export_fig(fullFileName);
end

Find Export_fig() here: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23629-exportfig

[Christopher]

when i do this only 1 figure pops up. Im not concerned on viewing the graphs now. when i tried the code you generated i have an error stating undefined function export_fig for input rguments of type 'char' help ples

[Walter Roberson]

Image Analyst did say you needed to download export_fig, and even gave you the URL.

[Christopher]

i downloaded export fig. in what folder should i put it in so matlab can find the code ?