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LaTeX in MATLAB multi-line titles

I need to create a two-line title in a MATLAB plot, using LaTeX in each of the lines.

title({'first line','second line'})

works, but not with LaTeX. In a single line MATLAB title, LaTeX is understood as in the example:

title(['$y=x^2$'],'interpreter','latex')

I have tried many things, but I haven't managed to have MATLAB produced a multi-line title with LaTeX in those lines.

Solution

  • Up to version R2017a, using a cell array, as suggested by other answers, forced left alignment. This seems to have been fixed in R2017b.

    You can wrap the title in a LaTeX tabular environment:

    figure;
plot((1:5).^2);
title('\begin{tabular}{c} first_line \\ second_line \end{tabular}', ...
      'interpreter', 'latex')

    This will let you choose text alignment. Replace {c} with either {r} or {l}, for right and left aligned text, respectively.