Customize "XTickLabel" location

I'm using names rather than values for my x-axis using the script below:

set(gca,'XTickLabel',{'P1', 'P2', 'P4', 'P5', 'P6', 'P7', 'P8', 'P9', 'P10','P11', 'P12', 'P13', 'Population Mean'});

However, I want my last XTickLabel to be further to the right so it stands out from the rest of the values. I tried different things like blank ' ' labels or placing extra spaces eg. '<space> Population Mean' but it didn't work. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Rosie

[Walter Roberson]

In my test, adding multiple leading spaces did work.

[Rosie]

I actually used spaces before to put extra space between XTixkLabels, but don't know why it doesn't work now.

[Walter Roberson]

plot(1:20)
ax = gca;
ax.XTick = [1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14];
ax.XTickLabel = {'P1', 'P2', 'P4', 'P5', 'P6', 'P7', 'P8', 'P9', 'P10','P11', 'P12', 'P13', 'Population Mean'};
pause(3);
ax.XTickLabel = {'P1', 'P2', 'P4', 'P5', 'P6', 'P7', 'P8', 'P9', 'P10','P11', 'P12', 'P13', '                   Population Mean'};

In the first version, the 'Population Mean' label will greatly overlap the other labels. Then when it is changed to have a number of spaces before it, you will see it move further right, without having changed the XTick

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

% Create a new figure and an axes
figure;
ax = axes;

% Change the X limits of the axes
xlim(ax, [1 15]);

% Change the locations of the tick labels
ax.XTick = [1:5 12];

% Change the tick labels themselves
ax.XTickLabel = {'x1', 'x2', 'x3', 'x4', 'x5', 'the rest'};

Note that I've exaggerated the space between the labels 'x5' and 'the rest'; if you just want a little bit of separation maybe put the labels at [1:2:9 12] instead of [1:5 12].

Answer 2

[Jason Kulpe]

I found a way to modify the position of the YAxis for a particular application. Its not exactly what you were looking for but it might help you: here