<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <!-- Created by GNU Texinfo 6.5, http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Multiple Plot Windows (GNU Octave (version 5.1.0))</title> <meta name="description" content="Multiple Plot Windows (GNU Octave (version 5.1.0))"> <meta name="keywords" content="Multiple Plot Windows (GNU Octave (version 5.1.0))"> <meta name="resource-type" content="document"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> <meta name="Generator" content="makeinfo"> <link href="index.html#Top" rel="start" title="Top"> <link href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" rel="index" title="Concept Index"> <link href="index.html#SEC_Contents" rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"> <link href="High_002dLevel-Plotting.html#High_002dLevel-Plotting" rel="up" title="High-Level Plotting"> <link href="Manipulation-of-Plot-Objects.html#Manipulation-of-Plot-Objects" rel="next" title="Manipulation of Plot Objects"> <link href="Multiple-Plots-on-One-Page.html#Multiple-Plots-on-One-Page" rel="prev" title="Multiple Plots on One Page"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- a.summary-letter {text-decoration: none} blockquote.indentedblock {margin-right: 0em} blockquote.smallindentedblock {margin-right: 0em; font-size: smaller} blockquote.smallquotation {font-size: smaller} div.display {margin-left: 3.2em} div.example {margin-left: 3.2em} div.lisp {margin-left: 3.2em} div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em} div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em} div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em} kbd {font-style: oblique} pre.display {font-family: inherit} pre.format {font-family: inherit} pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif} pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif} pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller} pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller} pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller} pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller} span.nolinebreak {white-space: nowrap} span.roman {font-family: initial; font-weight: normal} span.sansserif {font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: normal} ul.no-bullet {list-style: none} --> </style> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="octave.css"> </head> <body lang="en"> <a name="Multiple-Plot-Windows"></a> <div class="header"> <p> Next: <a href="Manipulation-of-Plot-Objects.html#Manipulation-of-Plot-Objects" accesskey="n" rel="next">Manipulation of Plot Objects</a>, Previous: <a href="Multiple-Plots-on-One-Page.html#Multiple-Plots-on-One-Page" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Multiple Plots on One Page</a>, Up: <a href="High_002dLevel-Plotting.html#High_002dLevel-Plotting" accesskey="u" rel="up">High-Level Plotting</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div> <hr> <a name="Multiple-Plot-Windows-1"></a> <h4 class="subsection">15.2.5 Multiple Plot Windows</h4> <a name="index-plotting_002c-multiple-plot-windows"></a> <p>You can open multiple plot windows using the <code>figure</code> function. For example, </p> <div class="example"> <pre class="example">figure (1); fplot (@sin, [-10, 10]); figure (2); fplot (@cos, [-10, 10]); </pre></div> <p>creates two figures, with the first displaying a sine wave and the second a cosine wave. Figure numbers must be positive integers. </p> <a name="XREFfigure"></a><dl> <dt><a name="index-figure"></a><em></em> <strong>figure</strong></dt> <dt><a name="index-figure-1"></a><em></em> <strong>figure</strong> <em><var>n</var></em></dt> <dt><a name="index-figure-2"></a><em></em> <strong>figure</strong> <em>(<var>n</var>)</em></dt> <dt><a name="index-figure-3"></a><em></em> <strong>figure</strong> <em>(…, "<var>property</var>", <var>value</var>, …)</em></dt> <dt><a name="index-figure-4"></a><em><var>h</var> =</em> <strong>figure</strong> <em>(…)</em></dt> <dd><p>Create a new figure window for plotting. </p> <p>If no arguments are specified, a new figure with the next available number is created. </p> <p>If called with an integer <var>n</var>, and no such numbered figure exists, then a new figure with the specified number is created. If the figure already exists then it is made visible and becomes the current figure for plotting. </p> <p>Multiple property-value pairs may be specified for the figure object, but they must appear in pairs. </p> <p>The optional return value <var>h</var> is a graphics handle to the created figure object. </p> <p>Programming Note: The full list of properties is documented at <a href="Figure-Properties.html#Figure-Properties">Figure Properties</a>. </p> <p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFaxes">axes</a>, <a href="Graphics-Objects.html#XREFgcf">gcf</a>, <a href="Manipulation-of-Plot-Windows.html#XREFshg">shg</a>, <a href="Manipulation-of-Plot-Windows.html#XREFclf">clf</a>, <a href="Manipulation-of-Plot-Windows.html#XREFclose">close</a>. </p></dd></dl> </body> </html>