How do I display a variable in a plot title?

So I'm working on modeling the Three Body problem in a class where we have 12 different orbits that we are looking at. Originally we had to enter in the initial conditions for each orbit twelve separate times, however I was able to utilize a for loop to get it to run all 12 at the same time. I am also able to get the program to output into the graph title whether or not the orbit it prograde or retrograde using if statements:

My question is: Is there anyway to get it so I can have the pot title also include the distance of the initial orbit? For example if one set of my initial conditions is:

Is there a way that I can get the plot title to display the last - (IC(12) - value after prograde so the plot title would say something to the effect of, "Planetary Orbit around a Binary Star System - Prograde Motion at -insert IC(12) value here- AU"?

[Stephen23]

What magnitude is the values, and what number formatting would you like it to have? Here are some options:

• fixed point
• exponential
• with trailing zeros
• significant figures

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Use sprintf to include any variables in a string. For example:

str = sprintf('Planetary Orbit around a Binary Star System - Prograde Motion at %f AU', IC(12));
title(str)

Note that there are many number formatting options available, including floating point, integer, exponential, significant figures, trailing zeros, +/- signs, and much more. Please read the sprintf documentation carefully and pick the best format for your application. In the example above I used '%f', which converts fixed point notation.

[Cody Stein]

Thank you so much for the help! :D