How to reduce the number shown on the Y axis?

Hi guys,

We can see that 0 , 20 , 40 , 60 and 80, totally 5 numbers on the Y axis in this figure.

But they are no distance between them, making the figure not pleasing to the eyes.

I do not want to reduce the size of the numbers, because this size fits the layout of a paper to be written.

What could I do to reduce the number shown on the Y axis? For instance, I want to

show 0 , 40 and 80 on the Y axis.

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

You can set the number of y-ticks and their values with the 'YTick' and 'YTickLabel' properties, as well as the 'FontSize' property. Use the set function to change them to be as you want them. See the documentation for Axis Properties (link) for details.

EDIT — Corrected typographical error.