Can I use 'for' loop to save multiple plots?

I would like to create a 3D animation from a set of plots. The data set has 1000 points and I would like to plot 100 points in each figure and then automatically save it from 'saveas' command. Then I can just make a GIF by joining them. But how do I write the program to save the figures as fig1, fig2, fig3... by giving the number as a variable?

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

Use sprintf to create your filename:

for plotnumber = 1:10
   %code for plotting
   %hplot = ....

     saveas(hplot, fullfile(folder, sprintf('fig%02d.gif', plotnumber)));
  end

[Sumanth Kumar]

Hello Mr. Guillaume, please correct the following code. I would like to save the plots as .jpg files with names fig1,fig11,fig21...

x=0:0.1:2*pi;
  y=sin(x);
  for i=1:10:length(x)
  hplot=plot(x(1:i),y(1:i))
  saveas(hplot, fullfile(folder, sprintf('fig%02d.jpg', i)));
end

[Guillaume]

I'm not sure what you're asking. The code you've posted does what you want already (except first plot is named 'fig01.jpg' which makes more sense).

[RAVI LAKSHMANAN]

Hi Guillaume, if the number of plots is unknown, how'd the for loop change? like here you have mentioned for 10p plots?