## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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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.
## @seealso{plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour,
## bar, stairs,  ylabel, title}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function h = xlabel (varargin)

  if (rem (nargin, 2) == 1)
    if (nargout > 0)
      h = __axis_label__ ("xlabel", varargin{:});
    else
      __axis_label__ ("xlabel", varargin{:});
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction