Syntax for including the value of a declared variable inside a node in PGFPlots annotation?

Question

In Julia, I have declared a variable, say, x = 3.5. Now I want to include this variable inside some annotation of a plot using PGFPlotsX.

x = 3.5

using PGFPlotsX
@pgf Axis(
         plot(
             Table(
             ),
         ),
          raw"node[anchor = south west] at (.3,.3){$x = <variable name i.e., x >$}"
     )

What should be the appropriate syntax within the $$ inside the node? I want to avoid hard-coding the value, 3.5, of x inside the node.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '21 at 08:14

Your problem is that you want to interpolate inside a String when you are using the @raw_str macro which is defined as:

help?> @raw_str
  @raw_str -> String

  Create a raw string without interpolation and unescaping. (...)

So what you can do is either to not use raw" but then you need to escape $:

"node[anchor = south west] at (.3,.3){\$x = $x >\$}"

This will nicely interpolate x.

The second option is to concatenate Strings:

 string(raw"node[anchor = south west] at (.3,.3){$x = ", x, raw"  = $x >$}")

Syntax for including the value of a declared variable inside a node in PGFPlots annotation?

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