`hgsave`

Saves a graphics object hierarchy, usually a figure, to a .fig file.

Category: Graphics > Printing and Saving

Syntax

hgsave(h, filename)

Saves the object h and its children to filename.

Description

hgsave is the older counterpart of savefig: it writes the objects under h to a .fig file, which hgload or openfig can read back. For new code, savefig is the usual choice.

Input arguments

h: Handle of the figure, or other graphics object, to save.
filename: Name of the file, as text. The .fig extension is added when it is missing.

Example

Save and reload a bar chart

h = figure('Visible', 'off');
bar([4 8 15]);
hgsave(h, 'bars');
k = hgload('bars');
disp(class(k))

Output

matlab.ui.Figure

See also

hgload savefig openfig