Set or query x-axis tick values (2024)

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Syntax Description Examples Specify x-Axis Tick Values and Labels Specify Nonuniform x-Axis Tick Values Increment x-Axis Tick Values by 10 Increment x-Axis Tick Values by Pi Change Tick Values for x-Axis with Durations Set x-Axis Tick Values Back to Default Values Specify x-Axis Tick Values for Specific Axes Remove x-Axis Tick Marks Input Arguments ticks — Tick values vector of increasing values ax — Target axes Axes object | array of Axes objects Output Arguments xt — Current tick values vector m — Current mode 'auto' | 'manual' More About Tick Values Algorithms Version History See Also Functions Properties Topics MATLAB Command Americas Europe Asia Pacific

Set or query x-axis tick values

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Syntax

xticks(ticks)

xt = xticks

xticks('auto')

xticks('manual')

m = xticks('mode')

___ = xticks(ax,___)

Description

example

xticks(ticks) setsthe x-axis tick values, which are the locations alongthe x-axis where the tick marks appear. Specify ticks asa vector of increasing values; for example, [0 2 4 6].This command affects the current axes.

xt = xticks returnsthe current x-axis tick values as a vector.

example

xticks('auto') sets an automatic mode,enabling the axes to determine the x-axis tickvalues. Use this option if you change the tick values and then wantto set them back to the default values.

xticks('manual') sets a manual mode, freezingthe x-axis tick values at the current values.Use this option if you want to retain the current tick values whenresizing the axes or adding new data to the axes.

m = xticks('mode') returnsthe current x-axis tick values mode, which iseither 'auto' or 'manual'. Bydefault, the mode is automatic unless you specify tick values or changethe mode to manual.

example

___ = xticks(ax,___) usesthe axes specified by ax instead of the currentaxes. Specify ax as the first input argument forany of the previous syntaxes.

Examples

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Specify x-Axis Tick Values and Labels

Open Live Script

Create a line plot. Display tick marks along the x-axis at the values 0, 5, and 10. Then specify a label for each tick mark.

x = linspace(0,10);y = x.^2;plot(x,y)xticks([0 5 10])xticklabels({'x = 0','x = 5','x = 10'})

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Specify Nonuniform x-Axis Tick Values

Display tick marks along the x-axis at nonuniform values between -5 and 5. MATLAB® labels the tick marks with the numeric values. 

x = linspace(-5,5);y = x.^2;plot(x,y)xticks([-5 -2.5 -1 0 1 2.5 5])

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Increment x-Axis Tick Values by 10

Open Live Script

Display tick marks along the x-axis at increments of 10, starting from 0 and ending at 50. 

x = linspace(0,50);y = sin(x/2);plot(x,y)xticks(0:10:50)

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Increment x-Axis Tick Values by Pi

Open Live Script

Create a line plot. Specify the x-axis limits as 0 to 6π. Then, display tick marks along the x-axis at increments of π.

x = linspace(0,6*pi);y = sin(x);plot(x,y)xlim([0 6*pi])xticks(0:pi:6*pi)

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MATLAB® labels the tick marks with the numeric values. Change the labels to show the π symbol by specifying the text for each label. 

xticklabels({'0','\pi','2\pi','3\pi','4\pi','5\pi','6\pi'})

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Change Tick Values for x-Axis with Durations

Open Live Script

Create a plot with duration values along the x-axis. Then, change the duration values where the tick marks are located. 

t = minutes(0:.5:3);y = rand(1,7);plot(t,y)

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ticks = minutes(0:.25:3);xticks(ticks)

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Set x-Axis Tick Values Back to Default Values

Open Live Script

Create a stem chart and specify the x-axis tick values. Then, set the x-axis tick values back to the default values.

stem(1:10)xticks([0 4 6 10])

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xticks('auto')

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Specify x-Axis Tick Values for Specific Axes

Open Live Script

Starting in R2019b, you can display a tiling of plots using the tiledlayout and nexttile functions. Call the tiledlayout function to create a 2-by-1 tiled chart layout. Call the nexttile function to create the axes objects ax1 and ax2. Plot random data into each axes. Then set the x-axis tick values for the lower plot by passing ax2 as the first input argument to the xticks function.

tiledlayout(2,1)ax1 = nexttile;plot(rand(3))ax2 = nexttile;plot(rand(3))xticks(ax2,[1 2 3])

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Remove x-Axis Tick Marks

Open Live Script

Remove the tick marks along the x-axis by specifying the tick values as an empty array.

x = linspace(0,10);y = sin(x);plot(x,y)xticks([])

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Input Arguments

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ticks — Tick values
vector of increasing values

Tick values,specified as a vector of increasing values. If you do not want tickmarks along the x-axis, specify an empty vector [].

You can specify the tick values as numeric, categorical, datetime,or duration values. However, the type of values that you specify mustmatch the type of values along the x-axis.

Example: xticks([pi 2*pi 3*pi 4*pi])

Example: xticks(0:10:100)

Example: xticks([])

Note

To specify the tick labels, use the xticklabels function.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | categorical | datetime | duration

ax — Target axes
Axes object | array of Axes objects

Target axes, specified as an Axes object or an array of Axes objects.

If you do not specify this argument, then xticks modifies the current axes.

Output Arguments

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xt — Current tick values
vector

Current tick values, returned as a vector.

m — Current mode
'auto' | 'manual'

Current mode, returned as one of these values:

  • 'auto' — Automatically determinethe x-axis tick values.

  • 'manual' — Use manuallyspecified x-axis tick values.

More About

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Tick Values

The tick values are the locations along the x-axis where the tick marks appear. The tick labels are the labels that you see for each tick mark. Set the values using the xticks function. Set the corresponding labels using the xticklabels function.

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Algorithms

The xticks function sets and queries severalaxes properties related to the x-axis tick values.

  • XTick — Property that stores the x-axistick values.

  • XTickMode — Property that storesthe x-axis tick value mode. When you set the x-axistick values, this property changes to 'manual'.

Version History

Introduced in R2016b

See Also

Functions

  • yticks | zticks | xtickformat | xticklabels | xtickangle | xlim

Properties

  • Axes Properties

Topics

  • Specify Axis Tick Values and Labels

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