sqrt in figure label

how would i place a square root sign inside a figure axis label? someting like square root of X

Answer 1

[Amith Kamath]

you would have to change the interpreter to latex, and then type in {\surd} in the xlabel (or any text) box. All the symbols are latex compatible, which is great, and you can make plots like this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/DTschematic.jpg

[Baba]

isn't working for me

[Amith Kamath]

oops! I did a Rick Perry there! :) The latex symbol for square root is \surd and not \sqrt. This should definitely work. Sorry for the slip-up! Try this:

plot([1:1:10])

title('{\itAe}^{-\alpha\itt}sin\beta{\itt} {\surd} \alpha<<\beta')

xlabel('Time \musec.')

ylabel('Amplitude')

[Daan]

For any future person reading this: the Latex interpreter needs the string to be in 'Math'-text.

i.e. should be enclosed in $[text]$

Solutions:

xlabel('$\sqrt{x}$ [-]',Interpreter='latex')

or:

xlabel('$\surd$ x [-]',Interpreter='latex')