Re: Text labels on plot axis?

[asha g]

Why don't you write:
xlabel ( ' H','Be','C','Ca')
I am not sure whether you shd use the commas but play
around. 
Asha 
--- Matthias Brennwald <address@hidden> wrote:

> Dear all
> 
> is there a way to put text labels on a plot axis
> instead of numbers?
> 
> A little background: I've got some data on different
> chemical elements,
> and I want to compare the data in a plot. I'd like
> to use the x-axis for
> the different elements (with the element names as
> labels on the x-axis)
> and the values on the y-axis.
> 
> For instance:
> 
> el = [ H ; Be ; C ; Ca ]; % element names
> x  = [ 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ]; % dummy x-coordinates
> y  = [0.1 ; 0.2 ; 0.15 ; 0.22]; % y-coordinats,
> values
> 
> plot(x,y); % this will give 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the x
> axis.
> 
> --> replace 1, 2 , 3, and 4 with the element names
> in el?
> 
> I'm pretty sure this can be done with gnuplot, so it
> should be possible to
> do it from within Octave using gset or
> __gnuplot_raw__ (although these
> commands will not be supported in the future). Any
> suggestions?
> 
> Matthias
> 
> 
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