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+## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+## any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+## 02111-1307, USA.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __axis_label__ (@var{caller}, @var{args})
+## Utility function for @code{xlabel}, @code{ylabel}, and @code{zlabel}.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: jwe
+
+function __axis_label__ (caller, text)
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    usage ("__axis_label__ (caller, text)");
+  elseif (nargin == 2)
+    if (isstr (text))
+      eval (sprintf ("gset %s \"%s\"", caller,
+		     undo_string_escapes (undo_string_escapes (text))));
+    else
+      error ("%s: text must be a string", caller);
+    endif
+  else
+    usage ("%s (text)", caller);
+  endif
+
+endfunction