Align text in two lines with respect to a location

Say, I have two strings 'a = 2' and 'bbb = 641', now I display them in a column using the command

display(['a = 2', char(10), 'bbb = 641'] )

it looks like

a = 2
bbb = 641

how can I align them with respect to '=':

    a = 2
  bbb = 641

Answer 1

[dpb]

Use specific format string if you want a specific format...

>> fprintf('%8s = %4d\n','a',2, 'bbb',641)
     a =    2
   bbb =  641
>>

"More than likely you're using proportional fonts..."

The default is Helvetica. To see the issue, try

hT=text(0.4,0.2,{sprintf('%8s = %4d\n','a',2, 'bbb',641)});
for i=1:4
  pause(0.75),set(hT,'fontname','Courier')
  pause(0.75),set(hT,'fontname','Helvetica')
end
>>

[Kyle Wang]

Thanks for the response, however, it seems doesn't work in a universal manner. Say

test = sprintf('%8s = %4d\n','a',2, 'bbb',641);
text(0.1,0.6, test)

The printed texts are not aligned.

[dpb]

Depends on what you mean by "universal".

text isn't character-oriented but graphics.

For it use the 'horizontalalignment' property

See details under

doc text

for properties/examples...

[Kyle Wang]

Hi dpb, I tried all alignment methods for text object, still cannot get good result.

[dpb]

More than likely you're using proportional fonts...

[Kyle Wang]

Very good answer, thanks, dpb!