How can I increase x-axis ticks by 5 while the limit is auto?

How can I increase x-axis ticks by 5 while the limit is auto?

xticks(0:5:100)

this for example will increase it by 5 but I have to specify the limit

Answer 1

[dpb]

Don't remember otomh whether it will affect the auto-range setting or not, but to solve the above issue about range, use something like

xlm=xlim;               % retrieve current x limits
xticks(0:5:xlm(end))    % set by 5 over that range

You can be more clever about lower limit and rounding, etc., etc., depending on need and characteristics of the actual data.