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hgsave

(To be removed) Save graphics object hierarchy to file

Syntax

hgsave(filename)
hgsave(h,filename)
hgsave(...,'-v6')
hgsave(...,'-v7.3')

Description

Note

hgsave will be removed in a future release. Use savefig instead.

hgsave(filename) saves the current figure to a file named filename. Specify filename as a character vector or string.

hgsave(h,filename) saves the objects identified by the array of handles h to a file named filename. If you do not specify an extension for filename, then the extension .fig is appended. If h is a vector, none of the handles in h may be ancestors or descendents of any other handles in h.

hgsave(...,'-v6') saves the FIG file in a format that can be loaded by versions prior to MATLAB® 7.

hgsave(...,'-v7.3') saves the FIG file in a format that can be loaded only by MATLAB versions 7.3 and above. This format, based on HDF5 files, is intended for saving FIG files larger than 2 GB.

Backward Compatibility

When creating a figure you want to save and use in a MATLAB version prior to MATLAB 7, use the 'v6' option with the plotting function and the '-v6' option for hgsave. Check the reference page for the plotting function you are using for more information.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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