How do I label a plot as an object?

I have a very long script, and I want to include code to plat multiple graphs. But, I want to only see individual plots after I 'call' it from the command window. How do I do this?

Initially, I drew subplots, but they always are plotted when I run the script, even if I put a ';' at the end of the lines of code.

I tried:

PLOT1 = plot(time, temp);
xlabel({'Time','(minutes)'});
ylabel({'Temperature','(°C)'});

But this didnt work. I would also like to be able to label the axis as shown above.

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Thorsten]

You can add a pause after each plot

plot(time, temp)
xlabel({'Time','(minutes)'});
ylabel({'Temperature','(°C)'});

pause

 plot(time2, temp2)
 xlabel({'Time','(minutes)'});
 ylabel({'Temperature','(°C)'});

Then you have to press a key to see the next plot.

Your label commands are fine.

The ; after plot just suppresses the output of the handle PLOT1, but not the plot.

If you don't want the plot, just remove the line, or put it in comment, or use something like

do_plot = true; % true or false

if do_plot
  plot(time, temp)
end

if do_plot
  plot(time2, temp2)
end

You could also overwrite the plot function with clf, e.g., in case you do not want any plots. Then you do not have to surround your plot commands with "if do_plot... end"; but this is kind of a hack, I guess:

if do_plot
  clear plot % restore original plot command
else
  plot = @(varargin) clf;
 end

plot(time, temp)

plot(time2, temp2)