Using a text file to title a plot.

I have a program that uses many different data sets to generate plots. In order to keep track of where each plot comes from I would like to pull the data set name out of an associated readme file. The trouble is that I can't seem to figure out how to insert the string I get from the readme. My code gets the string with a simple: label = textread(readme.txt, '%s'), but after getting the label I have not figured out how to successfully insert that label into my plot's title (printing label to the screen shows the desired output). Any suggestions?

[Joshua]

Thanks to Rick, as this works fine for a single line title. However, I had not noticed that it will not work for me as I am trying to create a two line title. One with the data set name and one with the name of the plot. I have tried using title({label,'x vs t'}) and ({label;'x vs t'}), but only get errors. Any thoughts on why these don't work?

Answer 1

[Chirag Gupta]

Try

 title([label char(10) 'x vs y']) % char(10) for newline

[Chirag Gupta]

Also,

label ='random title'

title({label,'x vs y'})

should also work. Can you ensure that label is not a cell in your case

[Joshua]

I cannot ensure that label is not a cell in this case, which is where I believe the problem was arising. However, the char(10) works perfectly. Thanks Chirag.

Answer 2

[Rick Rosson]

The title function should work. For example:

   figure;
   plot(rand(50,1));
   label = 'Some Random Numbers';
   title(label);

HTH.

Answer 3

[Sukuchha]

you can also use like this: header{1} ='label'; header{2} ='x vs y'; title ( header)