Return figure handle from a function

I have a function that plots two variables and returns the plot handle. This function is currently returning a line object instead of a figure. How can I force MATLAB to return a figure?

    %%Plotting function
function li = liner(a,b)
 li = plot(a,b);
end

%% From prompt >> a =0:1:10; >> c = liner(a, 2*a); >> class(c)

ans =

    'matlab.graphics.chart.primitive.Line'

Answer 1

[Jan]

function FigH = liner(a,b)
LineH = plot(a,b);
FigH  = ancestor(LineH, 'figure');
end

This replies the figure the plot is created it. This works if the figure was opened before, or implicitely by the plot command. If you want a new figure in every case:

function FigH = liner(a,b)
FigH = figure;
plot(a,b);
end

[Srikanth Nayak]

This works. Thanks a lot!

Answer 2

[Fangjun Jiang]

Try this?

%%Plotting function
function li = liner(a,b)
 li = figure;
 plot(a,b);
end