text to annotate figure

Is it possible to annotate a plot with text without having to specify the x and y coordinates. I know you can use commands like

            'VerticalAlignment','top',...
            'HorizontalAlignment','right');

after defining the x and y location but I'm producing many figures in a loop so the x and y values are always going to change so I would like something that would allow the text to always be displayed in the top right hand corner of the figure window. Is this possible?

Answer 1

[Andrew Newell]

Sounds like you might want to use legend.

[Richard]

Is that to say that text can only be used with the x and y values. If so, legend works fine.

[Andrew Newell]

If you want to label curves, then legend is a good approach.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

No, for text() you still need to specify the x and y coordinates. You can, however, always use [1 1] to mean the upper right corner of of the figure, provided that 'Units' is 'normalized'.

[Morgan]

If you use [1, 1] then the text will appear off the right-hand side of the plot. You would need [1-width,1]. The width is not known before creating the annotation.

[Walter Roberson]

The text will not appear off the side of the plot if you use 'HorizontalAlignment','right'