Is it possible to use axis tics lables without xtics?

Is it possible to use axis tics lables without xtics?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If you are using R2014b or later (might require R2015a), you could try setting the XAxis TickLength property to 0. See https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/numericruler-properties.html

Answer 2

[Star Strider]

It is, but the results are unpredictable. It’s best to use both 'XTick' and 'XTickLabel' together to be certain that what you want is what you get.

[Mr M.]

And how?

[Star Strider]

Example:

xtix = get(gca, 'XTick');                                       % Get Current XTick Values
new_xtix = linspace(min(xtix),max(xtix),5);                     % Create A Vector Of 5 XTick Values
set(gca, 'XTick',new_xtix, 'XTickLabel',{'A','B','C','D','E'})  % Set New XTickLabel Strings

[Mr M.]

No, I mean, how is it possible to do make unpredictable results mentioned by you? I know how to use them together.

[Star Strider]

The most obvious way is to provide more 'XTickLabel' values (or strings or whatever) than there are original 'XTick' values. So if there are ‘n’ original 'XTick' values and you want to label more than that, only the first ‘n’ of your labels will be displayed. Similarly, if you define fewer than ‘n’, they will be displayed in the corresponding 'XTick' locations, leaving the remaining 'XTickLabel' values blank.

To display all the ones you want to the way you want to, you have to re-define the 'XTick' values to the number you want, and to be within the bounds of the original 'XTick' values, such as I described in my code snippet. If you re-define the axis limits using 'XLim' for example, you have to re-define the 'XTick' and 'XTickLabel' vectors as well.

Experiment with these to see the results.