## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} __axis_label__ (@var{caller}, @var{text})
## Utility function for @code{xlabel}, @code{ylabel}, and @code{zlabel}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = __axis_label__ (caller, txt, varargin)

  if (ischar (txt))
    ## FIXME -- should be able to use text instead of __go_text__.
    ca = gca ();

    if (strcmp (caller, "ylabel"))
      rot = 90;
    else
      rot = 0;
    endif

    h = __go_text__ (ca, "string", txt, "rotation", rot, varargin{:});
    set (ca, caller, h);
    if (nargout > 0)
      retval = h;
    endif
  else
    error ("%s: expecting first argument to be character string");
  endif

endfunction