How to reduce space between axis labels and axis ticks?

x=1:54;
plot(x,y1,'k-+',x,y2,'b-*')
xlim([1 54]
xticklabel_rotate([1:54],90,D
xlabel('Sample 1')
ylabel('Sample 2')

How to reduce space between axis label and axis ticks, i,e., how to get axis label closer to axis.

[Walter Roberson]

How does this differ from https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1460659-how-to-reduce-space-between-ylabel-and-y-ticks-in-matlab-plot?s_tid=srchtitle ?

Answer 1

[Kevin Holly]

x=1:54;
y1=cos(x);
y2=sin(x);
plot(x,y1,'k-+',x,y2,'b-*')
xlim([1 54])
xlabel('Sample 1')
ylabel('Sample 2')

Get the axes handle by using the command below

axes_handle = gca; %gca stands for get current axes

Now I am looking up the current position of the xlabel.

axes_handle.XLabel.Position

ans = 1×3

27.5000 -1.1409 -1.0000

The position in the x, y, and z-direction are 0.5, -0.0705, and 0, respectively.

Now, change the second value in the array. This will change the vertical position.

axes_handle.XLabel.Position = [27.5 -1.10 -1];
axes_handle.YLabel.Position

ans = 1×3

-3.1054 0.0000 -1.0000

Now, let's change the first value in the position array to move the ylabel horizontally.

axes_handle.YLabel.Position = [-2.6 0 -1];

[Kevin Holly]

Alternatively, you can click "Edit" on the Figure's menu and select "Axes Properties..."

Then you can click the label you wish to move and the Property Inspector will update. Within the Property Inspector, you can find Position and change the x, y, and z coordinates as we have done above.

[Ammy]

Thank you very much, but is this available is matlab R2013a

[Star Strider]

@Noor Bano — There are specific windows provided for the Products and Release on the right side of this page. Please use them.

There is no previous mention of R2013a in this thread.

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[Walter Roberson]

R2013a was mentioned in the comments in the question that this one is a duplicate of...