How to put en dashes instead of hyphens for a negative values on the x,y-axis and colorbar numbers?
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iurii nikonenko
on 25 Nov 2019
Commented: engdancili
on 20 Jul 2022
Left picture has correct view: en dashes are used on the y-axis negative numbers.
Right picture is what I usually have: hyphens are used on the y-axis negative numbers.
I need to change this in a purpose for the publication, it`s an important note. I checked already everything and didn`t find any info besides the latex interpreter for the text function.
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Walter Roberson
on 25 Nov 2019
I am sure that font changing would not be enough, as even if you used a different font, it would be necessary to be able to distinguish between hyphen and en-dash.
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Walter Roberson
on 25 Nov 2019
ax = gca;
yticklabels(ax, strrep(yticklabels(ax),'--','–'));
set(ax,'ticklabelinterpreter','none') %or 'tex' but not 'latex'
The replacement character is the unicode en-dash character, U+2013
Note: the 'none' interpreter and 'tex' interpreter support unicode, but latex interpreter does not.
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Abdulaziz Abutunis
on 22 Jun 2022
Edited: Abdulaziz Abutunis
on 22 Jun 2022
Hi Walter,
I have the same problemI want to replace the hyphens with en dashes in a plot. I have the plot ready. I copy the code you provided in my command window but it did not work. Any suggestion.
Thanks
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