Publishing a plot with a caption

I am trying to use the publish function to create a pdf of my code and the output. I want to have the graph outputted first and then a caption describing the graph right under it. Right now my code is approximately:

fplot(....)

Disp('...')

However, when I publish the output to a pdf, the caption is outputted first and then the graph. How can I make the graph outputted first and then the caption?

Answer 1

[Duncan Lilley]

The functionality you have described can be achieved with the "snapnow" function, which forces a snapshot of an image for inclusion in a published document. The image appears in the published document at the end of the cell that contains the "snapnow" command. Take, for example, the following code:

for i = 1:3
    figure;
    plot(rand(5));
    snapnow
    disp(['Figure ' num2str(i)]);
end

Another workaround to achieve this is to use "text" or "annotation" to embed some text within the figure itself. Then, this text will always be displayed with the figure. Consider the following code:

fplot(@(x) sin(x));
figLabel = {'Figure 1: A plot of sin(x)'};
dim = [0.1, 0.07, 0, 0];
annotation('textbox', dim, 'String', figLabel, 'FitBoxToText', 'on', 'LineStyle', 'none');

A figure can be edited using the plot tools, which allows for this annotation to be aligned more easily.