fig = openfig('ExampleData.fig'); % open and get a handle to the figure
% get(fig);
ax = get(fig, 'CurrentAxes'); % get handle to the axis in the figure
% get(ax);
lines = get(ax, 'Children'); % get handles to the lines which are children of the axis
% get(lines(1));
for i = 1:numel(lines) % extract the data from each of the lines
xdata{i} = lines(i).XData;
ydata{i} = lines(i).YData;
names{i} = lines(i).DisplayName;
end
names' % display the names to verify that they are in the right order (per the legend)
% looks like they aren't, create a new index vector to re-arrange them
idx = [6 5 4 3 2 1];
xdata = xdata(idx); % note regular parentheses here
ydata = ydata(idx);
names = names(idx);
names' % display the re-arranged names to verify that they are NOW in the right order (per the legend)
% whos
