Thread Subject: How to add a variable as a text?

Subject: How to add a variable as a text?

From: Michael

Date: 8 Nov, 2009 14:02:03

Message: 1 of 2

i have this problem that i want to add a text to my plot, i already know this command text(x,y,'string'). The problem is i want to put a variable instead of the string. Shall i try another command or what?

Subject: How to add a variable as a text?

From: ImageAnalyst

Date: 8 Nov, 2009 14:06:47

Message: 2 of 2

On Nov 8, 9:02 am, "Michael " <haj...@kth.se> wrote:
> i have this problem that i want to add a text to my plot, i already know this command text(x,y,'string'). The problem is i want to put a variable instead of the string. Shall i try another command or what?

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So just pass in a string variable instead of a literal. You can use
sprintf() if you need to embed a numerical variable in the string
variable, like this:
annotationText = sprintf('The value is %.2f\nIs that great or what?',
numericalVariable);
text(x,y, annotationText);

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