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I have loads of pgfplots which have one thing in common, they all containt one or two addplot with four points that I want to label with the same labels, namely: \tau_c= n \theta. Lets for simplicity say n is 1, 2,3 and 4. Using foreach loop variable as node label in pgfplots looks very much like something that could solve my problem. But how do I append this (or similar) solution when the coordinates are given as in the MWE below? My pgfplots are generated with matlab2tikz and are as mentioned quite numerous, so I would like to avoid having to manipulate the existing file too much.

An MWE

\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{tikz, pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
% [spy using outlines={rectangle,black,magnification=3,connect spies}]
\begin{axis}[%
width=3in,
height=1in,
unbounded coords=jump,
scale only axis,
xmin=1.25,
xmax=3,
xlabel={That},
ymin=0,
ymax=8,
ylabel={This},
title={Case 11},
% legend style={draw=black,fill=white,legend cell align=left}
]
\addplot [
color=red,
only marks,
mark=o,
mark options={solid},
forget plot
]
table[row sep=crcr]{
2.17534491233797 1.76417509678952\\
1.70352168717505 2.47466020520172\\
1.50385056450878 3.36056987643388\\
1.39330071637349 4.41283273476325\\
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}%
\end{document}
Moriambar
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Holene
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1 Answers1

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You can use the nodes near coords function for that. If you add 

\pgfplotsset{
    nodes near coords={
        \pgfmathtruncatemacro\nValue{\coordindex+1}%
        $\nValue \theta$%
    }
}

to your document, the node labels will be printed without you having to touch the matlab2tikz-generated code at all:

If you want to be able to provide arbitrary labels that don't directly depend on the coordinate index, you can use a PGF math array that stores the strings for the labels and access that array within the nodes near coords:

\def\labellist{{"$\sfrac{1}{2}\theta$","$\theta$","$\sfrac{3}{2}\theta$","$2\theta$"}}
\pgfplotsset{
    nodes near coords={
        \pgfmathparse{\labellist[\coordindex]}%
        \pgfmathresult
    }
}

Jake
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  • Amen! Is it possible to somehow make the nodes near coords append to only one or two of many addplots in the same axis environment? Somehow label the addplot, maybe? – Holene Jun 01 '13 at 22:12
  • @Holene: You can just put the nodes near coords={...} in the \addplot[...] options for the relevant plot. – Jake Jun 01 '13 at 22:13
  • Oh, sorry for the quick return; what if I would have n to be a macro? For instance \sfrac{1}{2}... – Holene Jun 01 '13 at 22:17
  • @Holene: Would the values in the \sfrac depend on the coordinate index in some way? Or would you rather hard code them by providing a list of labels? – Jake Jun 01 '13 at 22:18
  • Dependency in coordinate index is not necessary, just to pick the following values for each label would suffice: $\sfrac{1}{2}\theta$, $\theta$, $\sfrac{3}{2}\theta$, $2\theta$... – Holene Jun 01 '13 at 22:20
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    May I upvote twice, please? – Holene Jun 01 '13 at 22:29