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+%% Auxiliary script to save figure using a dir (FIGDIR), name (FIGNAME) 
+%  and parameters
+FIGDIR = ['../results/', SIMID,'/'];
+if ~exist(FIGDIR, 'dir')
+   mkdir(FIGDIR)
+end
+FIGNAME = [FIGNAME,'_Pe_',num2str(GRID.pmaxe),'_Je_',num2str(GRID.jmaxe),...
+    '_Pi_',num2str(GRID.pmaxi),'_Ji_',num2str(GRID.jmaxi),...
+    '_etan_',num2str(MODEL.eta_n),'_etaB_',num2str(MODEL.eta_B),'_nu_',num2str(MODEL.nu)];
+FIGNAME = [FIGDIR, FIGNAME,'.fig'];
+savefig(fig,FIGNAME);
+disp(['Figure saved @ : ',FIGNAME])
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