MATLAB: Determine axis limits *before* plotting..

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Hi everyone,
I need to determine the y-axis limits "before" rendering my plot, b/c the elements are rendered in a loop, one at a time. xlim() isn't any use in this case. Will I have to reverse-engineer MATLAB's algorithm, or is there another approach?
Thanks, Brad

Best Answer

Yair has explained some tricks to http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/plot-performance/. You can set the XLimMode of the current axes to 'fixed' and let Matlab determine the limits at the end only by resetting it to 'auto'.
[EDITED, link fixed, thanks Yair]
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