Extra white spaces not inserted using the text command

I cannot get multiple spaces to show up on a plot when using the 'text' command.

For example, this works fine

c5 = strcat('$\rm{SW}$','{ }','$D_{\rm{max}}$','{ }','$v$');

l5 = text(0.9, 0.4, c5)

set(l5,'Interpreter','Latex','FontSize',10,'Color','b');

However, the extra white spaces as here do not show up

c5 = strcat('$\rm{SW}$','{ }','$D_{\rm{max}}$','{ }','$v$');

l5 = text(0.9, 0.4, c5)

set(l5,'Interpreter','Latex','FontSize',10,'Color','b');

Answer 1

[Jan]

Yes, of course. The LaTeX interpreter ignores spaces. It is intented to do so.

Use the LaTeX command \hspace{} for horizontal blanks:

figure;
axes;
c5 = strcat('$\rm{SW}$','{\hspace{1cm}}','$D_{\rm{max}}$','{                }','$v$');
l5 = text(0.5, 0.5, c5)
set(l5, 'Interpreter', 'Latex', 'FontSize', 10, 'Color', 'b');

[Tim Garrett]

Thanks. Very helpful, and of course was being a bit stupid. Sigh.