How to save a figure file into a subfolder

Hi guys,

I want to save my .fig files in a subfolder of the current working folder. how would I accomplish this using this saveas syntax

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saveas(figure(i), fullfile('Figure name'), 'fig');

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Many Thanks in advance

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

Here goes:

saveas(figure(1),[pwd '/subFolderName/myFig.fig']);

Cheers!

[James hall]

cheers for the help, works a treat

[John Hunt]

What does the pwd do?

[Image Analyst]

pwd is the current folder. That means subFolderName must be a currently existing folder of whatever folder you're in now.

See my answer below if you want to specify a different folder.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Why not save them as images so that you can see them in any program or in WIndows Explorer? See the FAQ: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_save_my_figure.2C_axes.2C_or_image.3F_I.27m_having_trouble_with_the_built_in_MATLAB_functions.

Also see this FAQ entry: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_process_a_sequence_of_files.3F

But in general you'd need to specify the folder:

folder = 'c:\whatever';
baseFileName = sprintf('Figure %d', loopIndex);
fullFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName);

It's recommended that you don't use i as a loop index or variable name because that's the imaginary variable sqrt(-1).

[Pooja Mehta]

I want to use this method for Gui and for that i need to add a select folder option in UI. Is there any function for selecting folder?

[tchaddad]

There is this:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/uigetdir.html