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"Dan " <dpcore@yahoo.com> wrote in message <fg0l33
$b7u$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Jonas " <joslaa02@student.umu.se> wrote in message 
> <fg0dqh$lt9$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > Hello, I'm building a GUI and I like to know how to get 
a 
> > greek symbol for example in a static text or in a push 
> > button. I'd then like to write
> > 
> > set(handles.static_text,'String','\alpha')
> > 
> > to display the greek letter alpha but this doesn't 
work. 
> > Thanks!
> 
> There is a submission on the file exchange for doing this 
> at http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/
> loadFile.do?objectId=10743&objectType=file
> 
> Dan

Yes, that is one way to do it, although it is easy to run 
the function i wonder if there is a simpler way to do it?