How to include different values for x-ticks

Hi,

Suppose the following for X and Y, where x and y are some parameters measured from year 2000-2004.

x=[2 5 3 7 10]

y=[10 13 15 7 3]

On the figure I make, I want to put years (2000, ...,2004) rather than 1,....,5. How can I do that?

Thanks,

Thishan

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Try this:

x=[2 5 3 7 10];
y=[10 13 15 7 3];
yrs = 2000:2004;
t = datenum([yrs' zeros(numel(yrs),4) ones(size(yrs'))]);

figure
plot(t, x,    t, y)
datetick('x', 'yyyy', 'keeplimits')

That will plot the years correctly.

[madhan ravi]

+1 always a saviour!

[Star Strider]

@Madhan — Thank you!

Answer 2

[madhan ravi]

see release notes for tick labels available from 2016b

x=[2 5 3 7 10];
y=[10 13 15 7 3];
plot(x,y)
xticks(linspace(x(1),x(end),4))             %likewise for y-axis
xticklabels({'2001','2002','2003','2004'})

[Thishan Dharshana Karandana Gamalathge]

I get an error

Undefined function or variable 'xticklabels'.

I am using MATLAB R2016a-student use

[Thishan Dharshana Karandana Gamalathge]

Another error

Undefined function or variable 'xticks'.

[madhan ravi]

my suggestion is to upgrade to 2016b which makes your work a lot more easier and faster

[Thishan Dharshana Karandana Gamalathge]

can you provide an answer that works for 2016a. I cannot update to 2016b by myself.