Re: Label in plot

[Andy Buckle]

On 2 October 2012 11:21, asha g <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On 2 October 2012 11:02, asha g <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>  I have a plot which has to be labelled X(lambda) in the x axis.
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>> xlabel ('X(\lambda)',"fontsize",20)
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>> But I get a gibberish symbol instead of X. The lambda comes out correctly.
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>> Please help.
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>> Asha
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> graphics_toolkit gnuplot
> plot([0 1],[0 1])
> xlabel ('X(\lambda)',"fontsize",20)
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> Works for me. Maybe try a different font? We will probably need more
> on your version, system and graphics toolkit.
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Please don't top-post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting
Doesn't bother me, as gmail sorts it out, but the list has a preference.

mingw Octave 3.2.4 with gnuplot is also fine for me. What OS are you
using? Have you tried different fonts?

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