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Article 150 of comp.lang.idl-pvwave:
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>From: paul@astro.umd.edu (Paul Butler)
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Subject: Re: Angstrom symbol in IDL/PvWave title
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Date: 25 Mar 92 17:37:54 GMT
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Try the following to create an IDL angstrom symbol:

ang='!3!SA!R!A!9%!N!3'

example:  plot,x,y,xtitle=ang, ...

paul@astro.umd.edu