Thanks! Solved the problem brilliantly! :)

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On 17 Nov 2011, at 18:15, kcrisman <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Nov 17, 1:04 pm, Vince <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been trying to input a "beta" in to the legend for one of my
>> plots, using something like:
>>
>> list_plot([[1,2],[2,3]],axes_labels=['$\beta$','y'])
>>
>> However this seems to fail as \b is (well at least I think it is) a
>> python command (all other latex commands I've put through seem to go
>> through without a problem). Is there a way around this?
>
> There are others that cause problems as well.  The usual workaround
> is
>
> list_plot([[1,2],[2,3]],axes_labels=['$\\beta$','y'])
>
> where the \\ escapes the \.   I think another solution would be
>
> list_plot([[1,2],[2,3]],axes_labels=[r'$\beta$','y'])
>
> which tells Python it's a "raw" string.
>
> I always have to remind myself of this stuff - it always trips me up -
> so it's good to have the opportunity to do so for someone else and
> keep it fresh and on the brain. :)
>
> - kcrisman
>
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