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Re: Adding text to RegionPlot

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  • Subject: [mg98579] Re: Adding text to RegionPlot
  • From: Raffy <raffy at mac.com>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:34:27 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 12, 12:46 am, Jim Rockford <jim.rockfo... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to add text at specific (x,y) locations for a 2D graphic
> generated by RegionPlot (meaning, I'd rather not use the graphic tool
> and add text by hand).  Is there a way to do this?  I get mathematica
> complaints that RegionPlot is not a "type of graphics."
>
> For example, this code fails:
>
> RegionPlot[y <= (1/x^2) && y >= 0, {x, 1, 3}, {y, 0, 1}, PlotRange ->
> {{0, 3}, {0, 1}},Graphics[Text["mytext", {1.5, 1}]]
>
> Apparently I'm using Graphics[Text[]]  incorrectly.  How can I get
> such a simple function of putting text at a specific location to work
> in RegionPlot?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim

All built-in 2D plotters have Epilog which provides a 2D graphics
overlay.

RegionPlot[y <= (1/x^2) && y >= 0, {x, 1, 3}, {y, 0, 1},
 PlotRange -> {{0, 3}, {0, 1}}, Epilog -> Text["mytext", {1.5, 0.8}]]


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