how to use variable outside the for loop

suppose i use for loop and this is code

 N=20;
area=100;
X=rand(1,N)*area;
Y=rand(1,N)*area;
htext=[];
for i1=1:2
    for i=1:N
        htext(i)=text(X(i),Y(i),num2str(i),'fontsize',20);
        hold on
    end  
 end
 delete(htext)
for ii=1:5
      delete(htext(ii));
 end

now error is come when delete(htext) is execute plz give me some solution.

beacuse it show the message when cursor move on the htext variable 'htext size will be change every iteration '.how to delete hetxt value in for loop and out of for loop

[Jan]

Please post the complete error message in every case. A rough summary is not useful in the forum. Thanks.

[singh]

jan simon see this pic.

Answer 1

[Jan]

for i=1:5
  htext(i)=text(X,Y,num2str(i));
end
pause(1)
delete(htext)

delete can delete the complete vedtor in on step without a loop.

[singh]

jan,thnks for solution