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Re: PlotLabel with assigned variables *and* on several lines

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  • Subject: [mg49018] Re: PlotLabel with assigned variables *and* on several lines
  • From: BobHanlon at aol.com
  • Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:49:44 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

The newline (\n) needs to be in the string.

a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},
   PlotLabel->"a=" <> ToString[a]   <> "\nb=" <> ToString[b] ];


Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->SequenceForm["a=",a,"\nb=",b]];


Bob Hanlon

> <BR>In a message dated Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:24:07 +0000 (UTC), <
> alain at geophysik.uni-muenchen.de> writes:<BR><BR>By searching the archives I found how to 
> write variables with
> specific values.   E.g., the following examples work:
> 
>      In[253]:= a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->"a=" <> ToString[a] 
> "b=" <> ToString[b] ]
> 
>      In[254]:= a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->SequenceForm 
> ["a=",a,"b=",b]]
> 
> 
> Then I also found how to write a label on several lines:
> 
>      In[256]:= Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->"2 \n lines"]
> 
> 
> But I did not find or succeed in combining the two.   E.g., those do
> not work:
> 
>      In[255]:= a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->"a=" <> ToString[a] 
> \n "b=" <> ToString[b] ]
> 
>      Syntax::sntxf: "a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->"a=" <> 
> ToString[a"
>       cannot be followed by "]\n"b=" <> ToString[b] ]".
> 
>      In[264]:= a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->
> SequenceForm["a=",a,\n" b=",b]]
> 
>      Syntax::com: Warning: comma encountered with no adjacent expression; 
> the
>       expression will be treated as Null. 
> 
> 
>      Syntax::sntxf: "a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->SequenceForm 
> ["a=",a"
>       cannot be followed by ",\n"b=",b]]".
> 
> 
>      In[264]:= a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->SequenceForm["a=",a] 
> \n SequenceForm["b=",b]]
> 
>      Syntax::sntxf: "a=1;b=2; Plot[ Sin[x],{x,0,1},PlotLabel->
> SequenceForm["a=",a]"
>       cannot be followed by " \n SequenceForm["b=",b]]".
> 
> 
> Is there a way to achieve this goal?
> 


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