Print figure without its title

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MichailM
MichailM on 23 Feb 2020
Edited: Star Strider on 24 Feb 2020
Having the simple code example below:
close all;
clear all;
clc;
x = rand(10,1);
y = rand(10,1);
f1 = figure(1);
plot(x,y,'*')
title('Random title')
print(f1,'-dpng', 'testpng', '-r600');
The "print" function will save the generated figure in my directory including the figure title. Is there any way I can save the figure without the title while keeping the "title" finction in my code for display purposes?
EDIT:
Consider there is no option to re-arrange the code lines. Please see updated code example below
close all;
clear all;
clc;
x = rand(10,1);
y = rand(10,1);
n = 0;
f(n+1) = figure(n+1);
plot(x,y,'*b')
title('Random title 1')
n = get(gcf,'Number');
f(n+1) = figure(n+1);
plot(x,y,'*r')
title('Random title 2')
n = get(gcf,'Number');
f(n+1) = figure(n+1);
plot(x,y,'*g')
title('Random title 3')
n = get(gcf,'Number');
figpr = input(['Please insert which figure to print (<',num2str(n),'): ']);
print(f(figpr),'-dpng', 'testpng', '-r600');

Answers (2)

Star Strider
Star Strider on 23 Feb 2020
Edited: Star Strider on 24 Feb 2020
One option is to keep the title in the figure call. See Specify Figure Title for an example.
Another option is:
title('Random title', 'Color','none')
You could set the 'Color' value as a variable, and then change it to whatever you want whenever you want.

Giuseppe Inghilterra
Giuseppe Inghilterra on 23 Feb 2020
Hi,
an easy and fast solution could be save first the figure and then add title, as following code:
close all;
clear all;
clc;
x = rand(10,1);
y = rand(10,1);
f1 = figure(1);
plot(x,y,'*')
print(f1,'-dpng', 'testpng', '-r600');
title('Random title')
This should solve your problem.
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MichailM
MichailM on 23 Feb 2020
Yes, this does the job but ideally I would like to do that without rearranging the order of the code lines.

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