## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} xlabel (@var{string})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} ylabel (@var{string})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} zlabel (@var{string})
## Specify x, y, and z axis labels for the plot.  If you already have a plot
## displayed, use the command @code{replot} to redisplay it with the new
## labels.
## @end deftypefn
##
## @seealso{plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour,
## bar, stairs, gplot, gsplot, replot, ylabel, and title}

## Author: jwe

function h = xlabel (varargin)

  ## XXX FIXME XXX -- eventually, we will return a graphics handle.  For
  ## now, return something, so that calls that expect a handle won't
  ## fail (at least immediately).

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = __axis_label__ ("xlabel", varargin{:});
  else
    __axis_label__ ("xlabel", varargin{:});
  endif

endfunction