Plotting text on the x-axis for residual analysis

Hi,

I want to plot residuals against station name with station name on the x-axis. The x-axis values are in a 192x1 cell array called "ChannelsandStations".

The y-values are in a 192x1 double called "AvgPGVResidualperStation".

I'm aware of xtick but can't seem to make it work.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

I don’t entirely understand what ‘can't seem to make it work’ means, so this is a guess.

You probably need to use the set function to specifically define the x-tick properties you want:

Example —

StationName = {'ABC','DEF','GHI','JKL','MNO','PQR','STU','VWX','YZ1'};
figure(1)
plot(rand(1, 9), rand(1, 9), 'p')
xl = xlim;
xtix = linspace(xl(1),xl(2),length(StationName));
set(gca, 'XTick',xtix, 'XTickLabel',StationName, 'XTickLabelRotation',90)

Similar options exist for the y-axis ticks. See the documentation on Axes Properties (link) for details and other options.