Formatting the plot command

Hi everyone, I currently have values on the x and y axis which are all to the power of 1 x 10^10. I would like this value to be next to each number next to the ticks. For example, on my x axis I have the numbers 1,2,3 at the ticks and at the end it has x10^10. Is there a way to format the axis so that it looks something like 1 x 10^10 2x10^10 3x10^10 ?

Thank you

Answer 1

[per isakson]

There is no simple way to do that. However, it can be done with the help of the property, YTickLabel, of the handle graphic object, axes. The doc says:

    XTickLabel, YTickLabel, ZTickLabel

    string

    Tick labels. A matrix of strings to use as labels for tick marks along the
    respective axis. These labels replace the numeric labels generated by MATLAB. 
    If you do not specify enough text labels for all the tick marks, MATLAB uses 
    all of the labels specified, then reuses the specified labels.

Answer 2

[José-Luis]

xVals = 1e10:1e10:1e11;
aH = axes;
plot(aH,xVals,rand(10,1));
set(gca,'XTickLabel',sprintf('%2.0e|',xVals));

Please see

 doc sprintf

for other possible label formats.

Answer 3

[Jan]

See FEX: TickLabelFormat