String in an axis label that varies depending on code

I am trying to include a ylabel on a plot that has three possibilities: if x=1, that axis title should be "Daily mean temperature", if x=2, it should be "Daily minimum temperature, if x=3, it should be "Daily maximum temperature". That should be an easy one but I can't seem to find the right answer. Thanks.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

There are many possible ways to achieve this. One way is to store the strings in an array, and then index into that array using x.

x = 1; % Will also work for x==2 or x==3, giving the different strings

temperatureStr = ["mean", "minimum", "maximum"];

figure
scatter(rand(5,1),rand(5,1))
title(sprintf("Daily %s temperature",temperatureStr(x)))

If you share some broader context of your code, I expect there is a better way to track this info, because there is likely some redundancy in how you are using this indexing..

[Paul Barrette]

That works (more subtle than I expected). Thanks!

[Dyuman Joshi]

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[Paul Barrette]

I thought I had accepted (by pressing 'Accept' in the email), but didn't pay enough attention to the post. Thanks for this, @Dyuman Joshi. So volunteers get 'reputation points' - I didn't know.

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