MATLAB: Showing strings of text in heatmap (R2017a) images

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I would like to use the heatmap function that is newly available in Matlab R2017a to display information that may be either numbers or a string or text. For example, perhaps the first row might display in each square "n/a" and then other squares display numbers.
There is a Matlab heatmap example document that demonstrates doing such a thing, but I cannot get it to work for the data I am working on. It appears that the example is tied to the heatmap function as found previously in the bioinformatics toolbox.
So – I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions for how to display strings in the boxes in images created using the new heatmap function available in Matlab R2017a. Thank you.

Best Answer

This is not supported by the new heatmap function.
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