Getting axes labels as strings

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Oyeniyi
Oyeniyi on 9 Sep 2014
Commented: Star Strider on 9 Sep 2014
Is there a way to 'get' the axes label as strings instead of the default number that one receives when one uses 'get(h,'Xlabel')'. For example, if the xlabel was 'Pressure/kPa', is there a way to return this label (i.e. 'Pressure /kPa'). Many thanks.

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Star Strider
Star Strider on 9 Sep 2014
This works:
x = linspace(0,10*pi,1000);
y = sin(2*pi*sin(x));
figure(1)
plot(x,y)
grid
axis tight
xlabel('Furlongs/Fortnight')
xlbl = get(get(gca,'XLabel'),'String')
produces:
xlbl =
Furlongs/Fortnight
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Star Strider
Star Strider on 9 Sep 2014
My pleasure!
The 'String' option is not prominently featured in the Axis Properties documentation. It should be.

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