Set Axis Tick Values in MATLAB

To apply custom axis tick values, MATLAB has two built-in functions "xticks()" and "yticks()". Here, the "xticks()" function is used for customizing the tick values of X-axis in a MATLAB plot, while the "yticks()" function is used for setting custom tick values to Y-axis.

Syntax

xticks([custom_tick_values]);
yticks([custom_tick_values]);

The following MATLAB program demonstrate the use of "xticks()" and "yticks()" functions to create custom tick values for X-axis and Y-axis.

Example

% MATLAB program to specify custom axis tick values
% Create a sample vector of data
x = linspace(1, 5, 5);
y = x.^2;
% Plot the x and y data on graph
plot(x, y);
% Specify the custom tick values of the X and Y axes
xticks(1:5);
yticks(0:25);

Conclusion

In this MATLAB program, we start by creating a sample vector of data and store it in a variable "x". Then, we compute square of the values of vector "x" and store in another variable "y". After that we plot the graph of x and y by using MATLAB's "plot()" function.

Finally, we use "xticks(1:5)" to set custom X-axis tick values from 1 to 5 and the "yticks(0:25)" function to set custom Y-axis tick values from 0 to 25.

This is how we can set custom tick values to axes in MATLAB.