Getting axes labels as strings

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.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

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

[Oyeniyi]

Thanks.

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!

The 'String' option is not prominently featured in the Axis Properties documentation. It should be.