save a single subplot from a .mat file that contains 2x1 subplots

I have a saved .mat figure with two subplots as a 2x1. I have no access to the code. What is the fastest way to get the 1x1 subplot and plot it on a new figure by it self.

My temp solution...

I ended up selecting the "pointer/mouse" icon and just deleted the second subplot. Resized the desired plot and then saved it.

Can someone provide a coded solution?

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

There's nothing wrong with your solution of deleting the unneccessary subplot and resizing the desired one. If you need to do this with many subplots, you can write a short function or script like this

% get handles to axes of current figure
axh = findobj(gcf,'Type','axes'); 
% Delete the 2nd axes
delete(axh(2))
% expand the size of 1st axes
axh(1).Units = 'Normalize';    % I prefer working in normal units
axh(1).Position = [.1,.1,.8,.8]; 

An alternative would be to merely copy the content of the desired subplot onto a new axis within a new figure using copyobj()

% Create new figure and new axes
figure(); 
newax = cla(); 
% Copy the content (children) of 1st axes into the new axes.
copyobj(axh(1).Children,newax)