Hi Isabelle,
To dynamically name your .jpg files based on the Excel file inputs provided by the user along with a distinct identifier for each figure, one possible approach is by setting up a naming convention for the plots, and generating and saving each plot with a name that reflects its source and type. Kindly refer to the following steps explaining implementation with code snippets of an example for clarity.
Establish Naming Convention: After loading the data from excel file, identify each plot type (Histogram, ScatterPlot, LineGraph) and extract the base name from your Excel file. This base name will be part of the file name for each saved plot. Three plot types have been considered for this example.
plotTypes = {'Histogram', 'ScatterPlot', 'LineGraph'};
[~, baseName, ~] = fileparts(excelFileName);
Create and Save Plots: Iterate through the plot types, generate each plot with MATLAB plotting functions, and construct a file name using the base name of the Excel file and the plot type. Save each plot accordingly.
for i = 1:length(plotTypes)
figure;
switch plotTypes{i}
case 'Histogram'
histogram(data(:,1));
title('Histogram of Column 1');
case 'ScatterPlot'
scatter(data(:,1), data(:,2));
title('Scatter Plot of Columns 1 and 2');
case 'LineGraph'
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2));
title('Line Graph of Columns 1 and 2');
otherwise
disp('Unknown plot type');
end
figureName = sprintf('%s_%s.jpg', baseName, plotTypes{i});
saveas(gcf, figureName);
close(gcf);
end
Please refer to MathWorks documentation to know further details on switch, case, otherwise syntax functions used in the example above: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/switch.html?searchHighlight=switch%20case&s_tid=srchtitle_support_results_1_switch%20case
I hope the information provided above is helpful in accomplishing your task.
