# Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
# 
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function xlabel (text)

# usage: xlabel (text)
#
# Defines a label for the x-axis of a plot.  The label will appear the
# next time a plot is displayed.
#
# See also: plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour,
#           bar, stairs, gplot, gsplot, replot, ylabel, title

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("xlabel (text)");
  endif

  if (isstr (text))
    command = sprintf ("set xlabel \"%s\"", text);
    eval (command);
  else
    error ("xlabel: text must be a string");
  endif

endfunction