sqrt in figure label

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Baba
Baba on 17 Nov 2011
Commented: Daan on 28 Nov 2023
how would i place a square root sign inside a figure axis label? someting like square root of X

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Amith Kamath
Amith Kamath on 17 Nov 2011
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:
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Amith Kamath
Amith Kamath on 18 Nov 2011
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
Daan on 28 Nov 2023
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')

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