Define a plot object but do not show the plot

I have a speradsheet

column 1 = day

column 2 = temperature

column 3 = rainfall

I want to define

plot_temperature=plot(day, temperature)

plot_rainfall=plot(day, rainfall)

But I do not want to display these two plots when I define these objects. Please advise.

Answer 1

[Tommy]

plot_temperature=plot(day, temperature, 'Visible', 'off');
plot_rainfall=plot(day, rainfall, 'Visible', 'off');

Or if you don't even want a figure to show:

f = figure('Visible', 'off');
ax = axes(f);
plot_temperature=plot(ax, day, temperature);
plot_rainfall=plot(ax, day, rainfall);

[alpedhuez]

The idea is just to define these plot objects so that one can reuse them when one wants to plot multiple times (with different x axis, y axis, and title specifications). But the above definitions may not be portable...

[Steven Lord]

So you want to write a function that accepts data and plots that data using settings you've chosen earlier? Generating code from a plot that you've created and customized so it looks the way you want is probably a good first step.

[alpedhuez]

Yes this is the idea. Thank you.