How can I save the figures in the subfolder of current directory path?

Hello,

I want to save the figures in the subfolder of current directory.

The thing is that I am running my code in two different computers and these two have different directory path.

I want to save the figures in the subfolder called figures which is under the folder 'output' so that the path should be 'D:\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output\figures' or 'C:\Users\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output\figures'

I tried as following but it doesn't work...

Is there anyway I can fix this?

% plot all multipliers

clear all
close all

try
cd('D:\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output')
path = 'D:\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output';
catch
end
try
cd('C:\Users\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output')
path = 'C:\Users\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output';
catch
end

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filename = fullfile('path\figures\', strcat('result','_',specification,'_','intensive') );
print(filename, '-dpng','-r300')
%print(strcat('stimulus','_',specification,'_','intensive'),'-dpng','-r300')
hold off
end

Answer 1

[Dave B]

Your code is failing because you're pasting in the string 'path' instead of the variable path.

I wouldn't recommend using try + catch + cd to verify that the folder exists, instead, use exist.

I also wouldn't recommend calling the variable path, particularly if this is a script and not a function (because path is a common and useful built in MATLAB function and naming a variable the same thing will 'shadow' the function).

fp1 = 'D:\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output';
fp2 = 'C:\Users\Dropbox\MPED\data\CEX\output';

if isfolder(fp1) % alternatively, exist(fp1, 'dir') for releases before R2017b
    fp = fp1;
else             % consider elseif(isfolder(fp2)) followed by an else branch. What should your script do if for some reason neither folder exists?
    fp = fp2;
end
filename = fullfile(fp, 'figures', strcat('result', '_', specification, '_', 'intensive'));

[Dave B]

Thanks @Jan, somehow I combined the two! (I edited my answer)

[Jan]

Thanks for fixing the code.