How to avoid MATLAB crash when opening too many figures?

Question

Sometimes I start a MATLAB script and realize too late that it is going to output way too many figures. Eventually I get an

Exception in thread \"AWT

Answer 1

I use the findobj function in my own function 'limfig', where imglimit sets the amount of figures you want to be allowed to open at one time.

function y=limfig
imglimit=15;
if length(findobj('type','figure'))

Save this short code as limfig.m and then in any other code use the line f=limfig instead of f=figure.