How do I change numbers on the x-axis?

I want to switch from matlabdate to hours. So 0.5 matlabdate on the x-axis should be 12 hours. How do I do this without messing up the plot?

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Try changing the XTickLabels of the axis. To view the current x tick labels, in the Command Window type

get(gca,'XTickLabel')

This should return a list of the labels along the x-axis. Note that gca is for "get current axis" and so we assume that the plot whose x-axis labels that you want to change has focus (not some other figure).

Then to change the labels, just provide a new list of the same size and set it via

 set(gca,'XTickLabel',[0 12 24 36 48])

Just remember that your new list must have a replacement for each element in the original list.

[Deepak Sapkota]

Great, this worked for me. Thanks Geoff.