MatLab: displaying figures side by side

Question

As when you use subplot to display plots side by side in the same window, I would like a similar function that can do the same for multiple figures. This works:

subplot(2,2,1)

and I am looking for something like this:

subfigure(2,2,1)

Does a build-in function with this advantage exist?

Answer 1

You could write one such function yourself. The idea is to get the screen size:

get(0,'ScreenSize')

then divide it up into sub-regions according to the input parameters. You would also need to account for margins in-between.

Another idea:

• create an invisible figure (preferably same aspect ratio as the screen)
• call subplot inside it
• capture the position of the created axis
• delete figure
• scale the position captured to fit the screen size, and use it to create the actual figures.