sets the x-axis label
sets the y-axis label
sets the z-axis label
xlabel([axes_handle], label, [property_name, property_value,...]) ylabel([axes_handle], label, [property_name, property_value,...]) zlabel([axes_handle], label, [property_name, property_value,...])
a string, containing the label value.
an optional handle, to specify the axes for which the label is set.
an optional sequence of name-value pairs, to specify the text properties of the label (related to the text properties described here).
The available properties for x-y-zlabel are:
"visible": "on" or "off"
"fontsize", "font_size": size of font (constant)
"fontname", "font_style": ten font names are available
(case unsensitive string or related id number):
"courrier" | 0, "symbol" | 1, "times" | 2, "times italic" | 3,
"times bold" | 4, "times bold italic" | 5, "helvetica" | 6,
"helvetica italic" | 7, "helvetica bold" | 8, "helvetica bold italic" | 9.
"rotation", "font_angle": angle in degrees (constant)
"position": position of label (2d vector)
"color", "font_foreground":
the color of font (a string value chosen among
["red","green","blue","cyan","magenta","yellow","black","white"],
or a RGB matrix value)
"edgecolor", "foreground":
the color of line around the text (a string value chosen among
["red","green","blue","cyan","magenta","yellow","black","white"],
or a RGB matrix value)
"backgroundcolor", "background":
the color of background around the text (a string value chosen among
["red","green","blue","cyan","magenta","yellow","black","white"],
or a RGB matrix value)
xlabel, ylabel, zlabel are used to label the x-, y-, and z-axis, respectively.
Each label appears beneath its respective axis in a two-dimensional plot and to the side or beneath the axis in a three-dimensional plot.
t = linspace(-2*%pi, 2*%pi, 30); subplot(2,1,1); plot(t, sin(t), "r"); xlabel("t", "fontsize", 2); ylabel("sin(t)"); axes_handle = gca(); subplot(2,1,2); plot(t, cos(t), "b"); xlabel("t", "fontsize", 2); ylabel("cos(t)", "fontsize", 6, "color", "blue"); ylabel(axes_handle, "sin(t)", "fontsize", 6, "color", "red"); |  |  |
