Add Text Subscript to Table string

Hello:

Say I have a composite.

The composite has a layup [0 90 0 90 0_8]

I am trying to output this layup into a table using the table() function. This is my current output:

Example="[0 90 0 90 0 90 0_8]"

Example = "[0 90 0 90 0 90 0_8]"

T=table(Example,'RowName',"Layup Orientation")

T = table
                                Example        
                         ______________________

    Layup Orientation    "[0 90 0 90 0 90 0_8]"

I want the 8 to be a subscript on the 0. How do I do this?

Thank you very much,

Luck

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

You don't. The text in the table doesn't have any sort of formatter or interpreter associated with it; it's a collection of characters.

If you were to specify that as the appropriate property of a Handle Graphics object, an object with something like an Interpreter property, you could tell it to interpret the string differently when that object displays it. For instance, a plot's Title is a text object with an Interpreter property.

title("[0 90 0 90 0 90 0_8]", 'Interpreter', 'Tex')

[Luck Haviland]

Hi Steven, this is very good to know. It appears to me that table does not have an "Interpreter" option. If it does not have this option I would like to formally request this option to be implemented into the table() function.

I have looked across the internet a little bit and I have found several functions that use the 'Interpreter' handle. However, the ones I have found all seem to be used for plots, not tables.

I have tried wonky methods such as:

Example=text(0,0,"[0 90 0 90 0 90 0_8]",'Interpreter','Tex')

Example = 
  Text ([0 90 0 90 0 90 0_8]) with properties:

                 String: '[0 90 0 90 0 90 0_8]'
               FontSize: 10
             FontWeight: 'normal'
               FontName: 'Helvetica'
                  Color: [0 0 0]
    HorizontalAlignment: 'left'
               Position: [0 0 0]
                  Units: 'data'

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table(Example,'RowNames',"Layup Orientation")

ans = table
                                      Example              
                         __________________________________

    Layup Orientation    1×1 matlab.graphics.primitive.Text

I also tried the set() function, but it is says it is not compatible with the table() function. I also messed around with the varfun() function, but it did not appear to work either. However, I have never used the varfun() function before, so maybe it would work if played with enough.

TL;DR: My methods did not work. I need more help please.

Thank you,

Luck