Customize tick values in boxplot

Hey,

I have the following boxplot:

Instead of 1, 2, 3 on the x-axis I want to have 50kW, 150kW, 300kW - I tried changing tick-values to either only 50, 150, 300 or with kW. Both wont work, as obviously these are not regular tick values. Is there a way to customize it, to have it display what I need?

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

Use the Labels input option.

boxplot(rand(20,3),'Labels',compose('%dkW',[50,150,300]))

> I tried changing tick-values

You would need to change the xticklabel property.

set(gca, 'xtick',1:3,'XTickLabels',compose('%dkW',[50,150,300]))

[Lukas Netzer]

Thank you very much!

[Lukas Netzer]

One more question If I may - how can I have letters in my compose?

like that:

compose('C1;',[abc, def,ghj])

to get those labels:

C1abc C1def C1ghj

[Adam Danz]

See the list of format options

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/compose.html#bu6eywi_sep_bu6eywi-formatSpec

use c1%s