Modify code for tick marks to be on the outside?

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Hi all,
I copied and pasted this code...I just need a slight modification to get the tick marks to appear on the outside and not on the side of the graph. It is currently set to only have the tick marks on the bottom (x axis) and the left (y axis). I.e. not at the right and at the top.
axis([0,1200,0,70])
% get handle to current axes
a = gca;
% set box property to off and remove background color
set(a,'box','off','color','none')
% create new, empty axes with box but without ticks
b = axes('Position',get(a,'Position'),'box','on','xtick',[],'ytick',[]);
% set original axes as active
axes(a)
% link axes in case of zooming
linkaxes([a b])
Many thanks.
J

Accepted Answer

William Frane
William Frane on 14 Aug 2014
Tick direction is controlled using the TickDir property.
set(gca,'TickDir','out'); % The only other option is 'in'
For reference, a complete list of axes properties is available here.
Hope that helps.
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银雀Sparr0w
银雀Sparr0w on 15 May 2023
Edited: 银雀Sparr0w on 15 May 2023
No, there is one more option that is 'both'. Actually after R2021b we've got another one 'none'.
Paul Wintz
Paul Wintz on 8 Sep 2023
The link to Axes Properties is broken. Here's a new link: Axes Properties.

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Jai
Jai on 14 Aug 2014
Thank you for your help. It worked perfectly!

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