label

Version 1.4 (585 KB) by Chad Greene
label data directly on a plot
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Updated 2 Feb 2015

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An alternative to text, legend, or annotation commands, this function allows you to label objects directly on a plot by entering the handle of a plotted object and a string. Label text is automatically colored to match plotted data, or text color can be entered manually.
Syntax
label(h,'string')
label(...,'location',LocationString)
label(...,'TextProperty',PropertyValue)
label(...,'slope')
h = label(...)

Description
label(h,'string') places 'string' near the leftmost data described by handle h.

label(...,'location',LocationString) specifies location of the string. LocationString can be any of the following:

'left' or 'west' (default)
'right' or 'east'
'top' or 'north'
'bottom' or 'south'
'center' or 'middle'

label(...,'TextProperty',PropertyValue) specifies text properties as name-value pairs.

label(...,'slope') attempts to angle text following the local slope of the data.

htext = label(...) returns the handle htext of the newly-created text object.

Cite As

Chad Greene (2024). label (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/47421-label), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2012b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
Acknowledgements

Inspired by: plotboxpos, ntitle, figtitle, legappend

Inspired: SI Psychrometric Chart, Mollier chart

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Version Published Release Notes
1.4

Updated for R2014b and fixed aspect ratio as per Simon Tardivel's suggestion. Thanks Simon and another FEX user Matthias for pointing out the R2014b bug.

1.3.0.0

A bug fix related to finding label pinning points. New examples added.

1.2.0.0

typo fix

1.1.0.0

Improved input/error checking.

1.0.0.0