Multi-line legend strings

I recently upgraded from R2011b to R2017a. In R2011b I was able to create legend entries with multiple lines e.g.:

figure;
plot(1,1,'o');
legend(sprintf('hello\nworld'));

In 2017a this no longer seems to be possible. The text displayed in the legend is the literal string "hello\nworld" and I get the following warning:

Warning: Error updating Legend.
 Character vector must have valid interpreter syntax:
hello\nworld

Furthermore, the legend text overruns the bounding box that is drawn for the legend. In both R2011b and R2017a, the 'interpreter' property for the legend object defaults to 'tex'. I've tried using both 'none' and 'latex' as the R2017a interpreter but still get the same results.

Is there a way to have a multi-line legend string in R2017a?

[Fangjun Jiang]

The legend displays correctly in R2017a in Windows 10.

Answer 1

[Daniel Svedbrand]

use \newline instead of \n and skip "sprintf"

legend('hello\newlineworld');

Answer 2

[the cyclist]

Maybe you have a different interpreter?

If you do

figure;
plot(1,1,'o');
hL = legend(sprintf('hello\nworld'));

What do you get from

hL.Interpreter

? Mine is 'tex'