how do i keep the format of xticklabels?

xticks(0:6)
xticklabels(10.^(xticks))
10.^(xticks)
xticklabels

10.^(xticks) returns:

ans =
           1          10         100        1000       10000      100000     1000000

but from xticklabels i get:

ans =
  7×1 cell array
    {'1'     }
    {'10'    }
    {'100'   }
    {'1000'  }
    {'10000' }
    {'100000'}
    {'1e+06' }

how do i keep the format so that it keeps the last label as '1000000' and not be converted to '1e+06'.

this is part of a bigger script, wich tests for max an min values of the plots. so manually writing all the labels is not really an optin.

[Tommy]

Hi! See if

xticks(0:6)
xticklabels(num2str(10.^xticks'))

works.

[Odin Iversen]

here you can se italy done the way you said, and the world plot is done without the num2str. stange.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Use compose or sprintfc to create the cell array of labels:

figure
plot(0:6, rand(1,7))
xtl = sprintfc('%d',10.^(0:6));
xtl = compose('%d',10.^(0:6));
Ax = gca;
Ax.XTickLabel = xtl;

The ‘xtl’ variable is the same for both, so choose one. (The sprintfc function is undocumented, however everyone has it. Not everyone may have the compose function.)

EDIT — (31 Mar 2020 at 18:00)

Try this:

F = openfig('test.fig');
Kids = F.Children;
Ax = findobj(Kids, 'Type','Axes');
Ax(2).XTickLabel = sprintfc('%d',10.^(0:6));

[Odin Iversen]

Thank you so much! this worked perfect.

do you know if this has anything similar to xtickformat('%,4.4g')

wich inserts a comma every three digits, so it becomes 1,000,000.

I cant get xtickformat to work in combination with xtick, or xticklabel. it just keeps the original values and intervals for the ticks and labels.

if there is no built in function for this i can make one my self.

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

The xtickformat function appears to default to exponential notation, regardless of the format descriptor that I provide for it. The sprintfc call (or compose, that will provide the same result) are the only ways I can find to do what you want.