how to write a fraction in xlabel.
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dear all, I want to write a fraction a over b in the xlabel. How to do that? thanks
if true
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figure (1)
fig =figure(1);
plot(t,real(y)'-x')
title('Mutual inductance M at frequency of 0.159 GHz','FontSize',18,'FontWeight','bold')
xlabel ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
ylabel('Inductance (nH)','FontSize',18,'FontWeight','bold')
set(fig,'position',[500 300 800 600]);
grid on
end
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Panagiotis Papias
on 5 Sep 2022
I wanted to take a moment and thank you for this comment, now I feel that is nicer latex being able to be used as an "add on" in Matlab.
Lars Abrahamsson
on 12 Apr 2023
I miss the possibility to write
xlabel('$\displaystyle\frac{\text{W}}{\text{h}}$','interpreter','latex')
for example. But that is not possible it seems. Mathematical font is not wanted for "Watt per hour" for example.
Accepted Answer
Star Strider
on 5 Mar 2016
The easy way:
xlabel('^{a}/_{b}')
The more difficult way requires you to call the 'latex' interpreter and use LaTeX commands. See the link for the LaTeX documentation.
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Reko Hynönen
on 18 Sep 2017
An old topic, but I've got an improved answer.
Star Strider's answer will work but it will look a bit silly. But like they suggest, you could use LaTeX interpreter instead.
Using LaTeX interpreter, you could accomplish this by writing:
xlabel('$\frac{a}{b}$','Interpreter','latex')
\frac{a}{b} is a LaTeX syntax for fractions. It will write 'a' to the numerator and 'b' to denominator. '$' symbols at the beginning and the end are necessary to interpret the expression in LaTeX Math mode, that interprets \frac correctly.
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Lars Abrahamsson
on 12 Apr 2023
@Simon Keegan Actually, I think I found something like a solution
xlabel('Discharge $\displaystyle \frac{\rm m^3}{\rm s}$', 'Interpreter','latex')
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1353803/image.png)
Simon Keegan
on 13 Apr 2023
Maybe I'll have a similiar case in future
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