Change x-axis labels of plot

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Christian F.
Christian F. on 21 May 2015
Commented: the cyclist on 13 Aug 2021
Hi everbody,
I have a plot of 31 data points. However, instead of labeling the x-axis is (1:1:31), I want to set it to (-6:1:24). How can I do that?
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Joseph Cheng
Joseph Cheng on 21 May 2015
solved much simpler by going
figure,plot(-6:24,1:31)
because you're setting the x and y plot pairs.

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the cyclist
the cyclist on 21 May 2015
Edited: the cyclist on 21 May 2015
set(gca,'XTick',-6:24,'XTickLabel',-6:24);
Note that that command is doing two things in one line. It defining tick mark positions, and also relabeling them.
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Christian F.
Christian F. on 21 May 2015
Thank you for the quick response but somehow I can't get it to work.
Take for example:
plot(1:1:31);
set(gca,'XTick',-6:24,'XTickLabel',-6:24);
The x-axis is somehow messed up
the cyclist
the cyclist on 21 May 2015
Edited: the cyclist on 22 May 2015
figure
plot(1:1:31);
set(gca,'XLim',[-6 24],'XTick',-6:24,'XTickLabel',-6:24);
This fixes my solution, but I think the other answers here are actually what you wanted, aligning your 31 data points with the x-axis points -6:24.

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 21 May 2015
plot(-6:24, 1:31)

Nazmi Rosly
Nazmi Rosly on 13 Aug 2021
Hi. im displaying my data from serial monitor arduino for temperature monitoring. So now it show the temperature vs second on the graph. Is there any command to change the seconds to current time like maybe 12.45 instead of its displaying 200 second.
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the cyclist
the cyclist on 13 Aug 2021
You have posted this question as an "answer" on a 6-year-old question that is unrelated. Instead, you should post a new question.

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