Figure Properties - SERC

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Purpose MATLAB termination M-file
Description When MATLAB quits, it runs a script called finish.m, if it exists and is on the
MATLAB search path or in the current directory. This is a file that you create
yourself in order to have MATLAB perform any final tasks just prior to
terminating. For example, you might want to save the data in your workspace
to a MAT-file before MATLAB exits.
finish.m is invoked whenever you do one of the following:
Click the close box in the MATLAB desktop on Windows or the UNIX
equivalent
Select Exit MATLAB from the desktop File menu
Type quit or exit at the Command Window prompt
Remarks When using Handle Graphics in finish.m, use uiwait, waitfor, or drawnow so
that figures are visible. See the reference pages for these functions for more
information.
Examples Two sample finish.m files are provided with MATLAB in
$matlabroot/toolbox/local. Use them to help you create your own finish.m,
or rename one of the files to finish.m and add it to the path to use it.
See Also quit, startup
finishsav.m—Saves the workspace to a MAT-file when MATLAB quits.
finishdlg.m—Displays a dialog allowing you to cancel quitting and saves
the workspace. It uses quit cancel and contains the following code.
button = questdlg('Ready to quit?', ...
'Exit Dialog','Yes','No','No');
switch button
case 'Yes',
disp('Exiting MATLAB');
%Save variables to matlab.mat
save
case 'No',
quit cancel;
end
finish
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