Question

I’m doing some data analysis in Matlab, and anytime I call the hold function to keep plotting to the current figure, I get an output like this:

Current plot held 

I’d like to avoid this print, since it’s just ugly and clutters my output. Unfortunately, placing a ; after the command does not silence it.

Is there something I can do (save from reworking my display code to avoid ‘hold’ commands altogether)?

Answer 1

Looks like the hold command displays ‘Current plot held’ if you call it with the axis handle as the sole parameter, e.g.

>> hold(gca) Current plot released >> hold(gca) Current plot held 

However, if you tell it the hold state you want then the output is suppressed, e.g.,

>> hold(gca,'on') >> 

You could also call hold in the following manner

>> axes(axesHandle) >> hold on % or hold('on') if you prefer calling it as a function 

If you want to avoid using the hold command/function, you could set the NextPlot property of the axis to add, e.g.

>> axesHandle=axes; >> set(axesHandle,'NextPlot','add')