MATLAB: How to draw an en dash in MATLAB using the TeX interpreter

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I am trying to write text within a figure, and I need to be able to differentiate between a hyphen and an en dash (hyphen being slightly shorter).

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You can use the ASCII codes for the specific type of dash you would like to display in the call to the TEXT function. For example,
plot(1:10);  % This will draw a hyphen 
h1 = text(2,2,['Test-example']);   % This will draw an en dash 
h1 = text(2,4,['Test' char(8211) 'example']);   % This will draw an em dash 
h1 = text(2,6,['Test' char(8212) 'example']);
Please refer to the following page to see numeric codes for the common dashes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash
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