MATLAB: Loading a fig file without opening

Question

Hi,

I have .fig in the current directory and wish to extract data from it. I used the following code for this purpose,

open('power.fig');
a = get(gca,'Children');
xdata = get(a, 'XData');
ydata = get(a, 'YData');

The code works. My problem is it also opens the fig file in a separate figure window. I don't want that to happen. I just want to extract the data.

Ofcourse I could use,

close figure

But it just takes out the graph and shows an empty figure window.

I would be very much grateful if somebody could help me in this.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

f=openfig('power.fig','invisible')
a=get(f,'Children')
...
close(f)
clear f