# Plots: string interpolation in labels?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-string-interpolation-in-labels/10799>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** plots, string-interpolation, latexstrings\
**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-string-interpolation-in-labels/10799 "2018-05-09T15:25:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-string-interpolation-in-labels/10799/4 "2022-01-18T15:22:35Z")

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> [@stevengj](#):
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> It won’t work with `L"..."` strings because those treat `$` as literal dollar signs, not as interpolation. But you can make an LaTeX equation with an ordinary string as long as you are willing to put `\` before dollar signs and backslashes, e.g. `"\$K_p = $(Kp[1])\$"` .

Update: for some time now, LaTeXStrings has supported Julia interpolation with `%$`, e.g. `L"K_p = %$(Kp[1])"`

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