MATLAB: Annotation with angled arrow

annotation;MATLABplot

Hi,

I would like to use \nwarrow in the annotation text. But these latex commands are not supported in matlab, How do I get an angled arrow to my annotation?

Thanks

-Punit

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They are supported, but the default interpreter for annotations is tex. You'll need to set it to latex to get what you want:

annotation('textbox','String','$$X \nwarrow A$$','Interpreter','latex')

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