Formatting Subscript, and Superscript in Text

Need some help adding subscripts, and superscripts to text descriptions.

title("D_{0} D^{0}") 

title(sprintf('D_{0} D^{0}'))

title(sprintf('D_{0} D^{0}')) applies the subscript, and superscript 0 to the title, however if I use sprintf without the title function the subscript, and superscript is not applied.

sprintf('D_{0} D^{0}')

ans = 'D_{0} D^{0}'

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Note that the sprintf call is not required for this, unless it is necessary to also print variables —

text(0.4, 0.4, sprintf('D_{0} D^{0}'))
text(0.6, 0.6, sprintf('$D_{0} D^{0}$'), 'Interpreter','latex')
text(0.5, 0.5, 'D_{0} D^{0}')
text(0.7, 0.7, '$D_{0} D^{0}$', 'Interpreter','latex')

Experiment to get different results.

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[Willingo]

I was working to vectorize this, and while not as elegant as possible, perhaps this code will be of help.

% Vectorization of above process (with some implicit expansion)
exps = "{" + string(1:10)' + "}"
myStrArray = ["10" + "^" + exps]
x = 1:10;
y = 1:10;
scatter(x,y);
text(x,y,myStrArray)

I wish I could run it, but I'm new to this, and it seems that neither Code--> "Insert a line of code" or Insert-->Insert a code example let "Run" work. I just get "Error: Something went wrong. Please try again". The help site is also no help.https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/help/rtc

[Captain Karnage]

The answer is a useful tip, but the OP's question was not answered. I have the same question. Is there a way for MATLAB to show a superscript or subscript outside of labels on a figure? Like, in the command/output window?

[Star Strider]

@Captain Karnage — The Live Editor () might be an option (I rarely use it) however the Command Window is restricted to the ASCII character set. So something like -40°C or e=mc² would appear as it does here, however what isn’t provided in a particular ASCII font wouldn’t be available.

Answer 2

[Giuseppe Degan Di Dieco]

Hello Star Strider,

useful tip, as usual.

Thanks, and best!