hold

Retain current plot when adding new plots.

Syntax

• hold('on')
• hold('off')
• hold('all')
• hold()
• hold(ax, ...)

Input argument

• 'on' - turn hold on.
• 'off' - turn hold off.
• 'all' - same as hold on.
• ax - Target axes: axes.

Output argument

• ax - a graphics object: axes type.

Description

hold allows to construct a plot sequence incrementally.

Example

f = figure();
x = linspace(-pi, pi);
y1 = cos(x);
plot(x, y1)
hold on
y2 = sin(x);
plot(x, y2)
hold off

See also

ishold, newplot.

History

Author

Allan CORNET