Using LaTeX equations
When plotting with Plots
and Makie, we can use LaTeX equations created with the LaTeXStrings
package. In particular, we can use the L string macro, @L_str
, to create such equations. When using Plots
, we will need to load the LaTeXStrings
package to use the L
string macro. Loading that package is unnecessary when using Makie, as Makie automatically exports that macro. The syntax is simple; you only need to write your LaTeX equation inside a string and add an L
prefix before the quotation mark, as shown in the following line of code:
L"x^2 + y^2 = 1"
When we create a LaTeXString
object using the L string macro, as in the previous code, we do not need to enclose the equation within the dollar symbols. However, you can use them to add an equation inside a longer string, as shown in the following example:
L"Unit circle: $x^2 + y^2 = 1$"
As the dollar symbol, $
, has a special meaning inside LaTeX strings, we will need to use %$
to interpolate...