MATLAB plot special character "ā" using text() function

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How to write special character "ā" on a plot using MATLAB text() function?

What is wrong with `text(0,0,'ā')`? It seems to work for me. — Cris Luengo, Mar 09 '20 at 22:02
@CrisLuengo `ā` will disappear once you save your m-file. It follows a different encoding. This can be done though: `double('ā')`, save the result (`[196 129]`) and then use that with `char`. i.e. `char([196 129])` — Sardar Usama, Mar 09 '20 at 22:06
@SardarUsama: It doesn't disappear in an M-file I created and saved on https://matlab.mathworks.com/. — Cris Luengo, Mar 09 '20 at 22:09
@CrisLuengo does it stay as is if you close the file and reopen it? — Sardar Usama, Mar 09 '20 at 22:10
@SardarUsama Yes, it does. Maybe it depends on which OS you're on? Or some encoding configuration? — Cris Luengo, Mar 09 '20 at 22:10
@CrisLuengo For me, `'ā'` changes to `'?'` if I close and reopen the m-file (ANSI Encoding, Win10, MATLAB R2018a, Desktop version) — Sardar Usama, Mar 09 '20 at 22:14
@SardarUsama You probably need to use some form of Unicode encoding. MATLAB uses UTF-16 internally (or is it UCS-2?) — Cris Luengo, Mar 09 '20 at 22:22
@CrisLuengo I found the solution [*here*](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4984532). I followed [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/49801069/5698672) to fix it. Thanks anyway — Sardar Usama, Mar 10 '20 at 10:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 10 '20 at 17:41

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You can use LaTeX interpretor for achieving this. Here is an example:

p = plot(1,2,'O');
hold on
pCS = plot(1,3,'rO');
txt = text(1,1,{'p';'$\bar{a}$'});
set(txt,'Interpreter','latex');

edited Mar 10 '20 at 17:41

ASE

answered Mar 09 '20 at 22:00

Prashant

This will plot "â". I need to plot "ā" – ASE Mar 09 '20 at 22:05
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The correct one is '$\bar{a}$'. Please change your answer accordingly. txt=text(1,1,{'p$\bar{a}$'}); set(txt,'Interpreter','latex'); – ASE Mar 09 '20 at 22:07

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