I need to have underline (_) in my plot x and y label but matlab plot recognizes as subscript

When I used this command:

xlabel(Ratio_prolif),

p of prolif becomse as subscript in the plot.

Is there anyway to have underline without being translated to subscript?

Here they discussed how _ is denoted as subscript in matlab:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/268722-matlab-plot-text-with-subscript-character

but I dont want it.

Answer 1

[John D'Errico]

They can't win. Some people want to have subscripts. Some want an actual underscore character. Nobody is ever happy.

xlabel 'x\_5'

That will show the label as x_5. NOT a subscript.

[Zeynab Mousavikhamene]

@ John D'Errico: Big like to "Nobody is ever happy". Thanks