How to get the value of 'x' from a figure?

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eduardoq
eduardoq on 12 Feb 2013
Hello,
I'm trying to get the value of the x axis from a figure. I am currently using gtext, is there another way?
Cheers

Answers (3)

Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 12 Feb 2013
Click on your plot then type in command windows
x=get(gco,'xdata')

Thorsten
Thorsten on 12 Feb 2013
Edited: Thorsten on 12 Feb 2013
Depending on what you need, try
xlim
or
get(gca, 'XTick')

eduardoq
eduardoq on 12 Feb 2013
Found it!
ggg=gtext('hhh');
click on the figure the coordinate you wish to know
get(ggg);
look into 'Position' and done
or simply click on tools in the figure window, data cursor and click the point you are trying to find the corrdinates

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