MATLAB: Plot graphs at conclusion of a ‘for loop’

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I am currently producing the following 2 graphs inside a for loop:
      % LogPriceReturn Graph
      figure(1); % opens a new figure for graph

      x = Timestep; % sets x axis equal to the 'Timestep'

      y = LogPriceReturn; % sets y axis equal to the 'LogPriceReturn'
      plot(x,y, 'Marker','o', 'MarkerFaceColor','black'); hold on % plots graph of x and y, using 'hold on' command to retain each loop result

      title('Log Price Return'); % sets the title of graph

      xlabel('Timestep'); % sets x-axis label of graph

      ylabel('Log Price Return Graph'); % sets y-axis label of graph

      axis([1 n -1 1]); % formats axis limits

      % StockPrice Graph
      figure(2) % opens a new figure for graph
      x = Timestep; % sets x axis equal to the 'Timestep'
      y = StockPrice; % sets y axis equal to the 'StockPrice'
      plot(x,y, 'Marker','o', 'MarkerFaceColor', 'black'); hold on % plots graph of x and y, using 'hold on' command to retain each loop result
      title('Stock Price'); % sets the title of graph
      xlabel('Timestep'); % sets x-axis label of graph
      ylabel('Stock Price'); % sets y-axis label of graph
      axis([1 n -inf inf]); % formats axis limits
When I run the code I can see the figures immediately as they update with each loop.
Is there a way I can only see the figures once the code has run? i.e. at the end?

Best Answer

For my purposes here (and since you didn’t post it), I’m using ‘k’ as the loop index. So assume this loop:
for k = ...
    % LogPriceReturn Graph
    x1(k) = Timestep; % sets x axis equal to the 'Timestep'

    y1(k) = LogPriceReturn; % sets y axis equal to the 'LogPriceReturn'
    x2(k) = Timestep; % sets x axis equal to the 'Timestep'
    y2(k) = StockPrice; % sets y axis equal to the 'StockPrice'
end
      figure(1); % opens a new figure for graph

      plot(x1,y1, 'Marker','o', 'MarkerFaceColor','black'); hold on % plots graph of x and y, using 'hold on' command to retain each loop result

      title('Log Price Return'); % sets the title of graph

      xlabel('Timestep'); % sets x-axis label of graph

      ylabel('Log Price Return Graph'); % sets y-axis label of graph

      axis([1 n -1 1]); % formats axis limits

      % StockPrice Graph
      figure(2) % opens a new figure for graph
      plot(x2,y2, 'Marker','o', 'MarkerFaceColor', 'black'); hold on % plots graph of x and y, using 'hold on' command to retain each loop result
      title('Stock Price'); % sets the title of graph
      xlabel('Timestep'); % sets x-axis label of graph
      ylabel('Stock Price'); % sets y-axis label of graph
      axis([1 n -inf inf]); % formats axis limits
NOTE — This is UNTESTED CODE. It should work, but may require minor modification.
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