Plotting in a for loop

I have a code that reads data in a set of files and does some plots and fits on the data. The code I have at the moment is:

D = uigetdir
cd(D);
S = dir(fullfile(D,'LIV Data T= *.mat'));  %   Makes a structure with all files
N = numel(S);   %   Counts number of files
CM = cool(N); % set colormap

fig1 = figure;
for ii = 1:N
    T = load(fullfile(D,S(ii).name));   % Load each file as a structure
    I = T.num(3:end,1); % Extract each parameter from full file and ignore first two data points - they're often dodgy
    V = T.num(3:end,2);
    P = T.num(3:end,3);
    DataPoints = length(I);
    thresh = find(P>LasingThreshold,1); % checks for when power is above threshold for fitting
    fit = polyfit(I(thresh:round(DataPoints/3)),P(thresh:round(DataPoints/3)),1); %Need value of P to be greater than the laser threshold - this should be done better eventually
    fitplot = polyval(fit, I); % evaluates fit as line
    subplot(1,2,1);
    plot(I,P,'.','markers',5,'color',CM(ii,:))
    plot(I,fitplot,'-.','color',CM(ii,:))
    xlabel('Current (mA)')
    ylabel('Power (mW)')
    hold on
    subplot(1,2,2);
    plot(I,V,'.-','markers',4,'color',CM(ii,:))
    xlabel('Current (mA)')
    ylabel('Voltage (V)')
    hold on
end

This mostly works, however, the data points from the current power plot in the first loop are missing. The fit is still shown and in all of the following loops both the fit and the data points are on the graph. What is the problem with plotting the data points in the first loop?

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

On the first iteration of the loop, the "hold on" command isn't called until after the first plot() object is overwritten. To fix that, move the "hold on" command to the line shown below.

    %your code....
    subplot(1,2,1);
    plot(I,P,'.','markers',5,'color',CM(ii,:))
    hold on                                       %<---- move here
    plot(I,fitplot,'-.','color',CM(ii,:))
    xlabel('Current (mA)')
    ylabel('Power (mW)')
    %hold on                                      % remove this