Animations vs. Movie

%% Animations vs. Movies
%% Animation (1 of 2)
x = 0:0.01:10;                  % x-values
n = 0:0.25:25;                  % exponents
y = x.^n(1);                    % first plot: y = x^0
h = plot(x,y);                  % plot first command
title('n = 0')                  % create a title
grid on                         % grid lines on
z = 1;                          % counter for elements of n

for k = n(2:end)                % loop until out of data
    z = z + 1;                  % exponent counter
    y = x.^k;                   % new value of y = x^n
    set(h, 'XData', ...         % overwrite the values of
        x, 'YData', y)          %   x and y on the graph
    drawnow                     % draw the new data points
    str = sprintf('N = %s', ... % store variable containing
          num2str(n(z)));       %  the string for the title
    title(str)                  % title
    pause(0.1)                  % pause for view-ability
end % for
%% Animation (2 of 2)

clc, clear

h = animatedline;               % create our handle
axis([-10,10,-1000,1000]);      % constrain the axes

x = linspace(-10,10,500);       % x data points
y = x.^3;                       % g(x) data points
for k = 1:length(x)             % loop to add data
    addpoints(h,x(k), y(k));    % add data points to the animation
    drawnow                     % update the animation
end % end loop
%% Movies

x = 0:0.01:10;                  % x-values
n = 0:0.25:25;                  % exponents
y = x.^n(1)                     % firest plot: y = x^0
h = plot(x,y);                  % plot first exponent
title('n = 0')                  % create a title
grid on                         % add grid lines
z = 1;                          % counter for elements of n

my_movie(1) = getframe;         % store 1st frame of movie
for k = n(2:end)                % loop until out of data
    z = z + 1;                  % exponent counter
    y = x.^k;                   % new value of y = x^n
    set(h, 'XData', ...         % Overwrite the values of
        x, 'YData', y)          %  x and y on the graph
    str = sprintf('N = %s', ... % store variable containing
          num2str(n(z)));        %  the string for the title
    title(str)                  % title
    pause(0.1)                 % pause for veiw-ability
    my_movie(z) = getframe;     % store next frame of movie
end % for loop
pause;                          % needs user to press button
movie(my_movie)                 % play back the movie