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#### 15.1.7 Interacting with plots

The user can select points on a plot with the `ginput` function or selection the position at which to place text on the plot with the `gtext` function using the mouse.

— Function File: [x, y, buttons] = ginput (n)

> Return which mouse buttons were pressed and keys were hit on the current figure. If n is defined, then wait for n mouse clicks before returning. If n is not defined, then `ginput` will loop until the return key is pressed.

— Function File: b = waitforbuttonpress ()

> Wait for button or mouse press.over a figure window. The value of b returns 0 if a mouse button was pressed or 1 is a key was pressed.

> See also: ginput.

— Function File: gtext (s)
— Function File: gtext (..., prop, val)

> Place text on the current figure. The text can be defined by the string s. If s is a cell array, each element of the cell array is written to a separate line.

> Additional arguments are passed to the underlying text object as properties.

> See also: ginput.