Plot automatically named with plot object in Matlab
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Is this for debugging purposes? If not, then I suggest you tell us your general motivation, because someone might suggest a more reliable method, but this might get you started:
vname = @(x)inputname(1); %//from here: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/251347
plot(supermatrix(5:10,:,2:3))
title(vname(supermatrix))
Although, to be honest, I cannot imagine why this would ever be useful
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I think this does what you want, and remains pretty flexible:
function h = plotwithtitle( plotstring, varargin )
argstoplot = evalin('caller', ['{', plotstring, '}']);
h = plot( argstoplot{:}, varargin{:} );
title(plotstring);
end
The following examples work for me:
supermatrix=rand(10,10);
x=1:10;
y=rand(1,10);
plotwithtitle('supermatrix');
plotwithtitle('supermatrix(5:10,:)');
plotwithtitle('x, y');
plotwithtitle('x, y', '--r');
plotwithtitle('1:10', 'r');
plotwithtitle('rand(1,10)');
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I modified the function dfig
originally created by F.Moisy for creating frozen shapes so that the command used to draw appears in the figure name.
The idea is to read the last command in the command history and use that to create a name for the shape.
function hh = dfig(varargin)
%DFIG Create docked figure window
% DFIG, by itself, creates a new docked figure window, and returns its
% handle.
%
% DFIG(H) makes H the current figure and docks it. If Figure H does not
% exist, and H is an integer, a new figure is created with handle H.
%
% DFIG(H, name, value,...) reads additional name-value pairs. See
% doc(figure) for available otions.
%
% DFIG will parse the command line input and use the text following dfig
% as figure name. E.g. calling dfig,plot(x(1:3),y(2:2:end)) results in
% the name "plot(x(1:3),y(2:2:end))"
% F. Moisy, moisy_at_fast.u-psud.fr
% Revision: 1.00, Date: 2007/09/11
% Modified (a lot) by Jonas
if nargin==0
h=figure; % create a new figure
else
% call figure with varargin
figure(varargin{:})
h = gcf;
end
if ~any(strcmp('name',varargin(1:2:end)))
% if no name has been supplied: try to use function call
javaHistory=com.mathworks.mlservices.MLCommandHistoryServices.getSessionHistory;
if ~isempty(javaHistory)
lastCommand = javaHistory(end).toCharArray';
funCall = regexp(lastCommand,'dfig\s*[,;]\s*(.*)$','tokens','once');
else
funCall = [];
end
if ~isempty(funCall)
if isnumeric(h)
set(h,'Name',[num2str(h),': ',funCall{1}],'NumberTitle','off')
else % HG2
h.Name = sprintf('%i: %s',h.Number,funCall{1});
h.NumberTitle = 'off';
end
end
end
set(h,'WindowStyle','docked'); % dock the figure
if nargout~=0 % returns the handle if requested
hh=h;
end
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