LaTeX valid interpreter error

I'm trying to insert this into a figure and Matlab keeps giving me the 'String scalar or character vector must have valid interpreter syntax:' error

text(-8,75,'\[X=x+vt+\frac{1}{2}(at^2)\]','Interpreter','latex','FontSize',7,'FontName','Palentino Linotype','Color','black')

any help would be appreciated

I'm also using the online version of matlab, I don't know if that would make a difference

Answer 1

[andre con]

Hi Justin,

You could try Latex code between $$. Below I have suggest a code that I have sure that work.

rgds

clc; clear all;  close all; 
x=0:5
plot(x,x)
text(1,1,'$X=x+vt+\frac{1}{2}(at^2)$','Interpreter','latex','FontSize',20,'FontName','Palentino Linotype','Color','black')

[Justin Pehrson]

This worked, thank you!

[Walter Roberson]

Note: this is not enough to be able to use [ and ] .

[Justin Pehrson]

I used an online converter to get the latex format, I didn't need the brackets but they were put there anyways

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

text(-8,75,'$\left[X=x+vt+\frac{1}{2}(at^2)\right]$','Interpreter','latex','FontSize',7,'FontName','Palentino Linotype','Color','black')