Dynamically plot graphs to axes component

Is it possible to dynamically add a number of "axes components" onto a GUIDE fig. I want to display a graph of data for each file in a directory. But this number can vary. Sometimes 2, sometimes 6. Thanks

Answer 1

[Paulo Silva]

Just use the subplot function

To remove all the subplots from your GUI do this:

delete(findall(gcf,'type','axes'))

[Jason]

Hi, I dont want to remove all axes, just add a number depending on the number of files that are selected.

[Walter Roberson]

Is there a fixed total size in which all the plots are to go? If so then subplot() . Or is the figure to grow to fit the plots? If so, what if you run out of screen? Is a new figure to be created for each plot? Or do you want to use fixed size per plot but have the area scrollable to see the other plots?

[Jason]

Yes there is, the size of my form I use in GUIDE. Yes a fixed size per plot with screen scrolling is desirable.

Answer 2

[Patrick Kalita]

You can use the axes command. You'll probably want to set the 'Position' property, and store the handle to the axes in the handles structure.

handles.axes1 = axes('Position', [x1 y1 w1 h1]);
handles.axes2 = axes('Position', [x2 y2 w2 h2]);
...

When you need to remove an axes from the GUI, you should pass the axes handle to the delete function:

delete(handles.axes1);

[Jason]

how can I have handles.axesi where i is a variable? This depends on the number of file sin the directory which can change.

[Patrick Kalita]

You could also store all the axes handles together in a cell array as one field in the handles structure:

handles.axes{1} = axes( ... );

handles.axes{2} = axes( ... );