How can I rotate my X-axis tick labels and place an X-label on my plot after R2016b?

I want to replace the X-tick labels (XTickLabel) with strings and rotate them so that they are at an angle of 45 degrees to the axes. I would like to do this and still be able to place a X-label (xlabel) on my plot.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You can label the x-axis using the "xlabel" function. For example:

plot(1:10)

xlabel('My x-Axis Label Text')

For more information about "xlabel", see:
Run these command in MATLAB 2016b for documentation:

>> web(fullfile(docroot, 'matlab/ref/xlabel.html'))

Or,

for latest release documentation please refer to:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/xlabel.html

You can rotate the x-axis tick labels using the "xtickangle" function. For example:

xtickangle(45)

The "xtickangle" function was introduced in R2016b. If you are using R2014b through R2016a, you can rotate the labels by setting the XTickLabelRotation property of the Axes object. For example:

ax = gca; 
ax.XTickLabelRotation = 45;

For more information about "xtickangle", see:
Run these command in MATLAB 2016b for documentation:

>> web(fullfile(docroot, 'matlab/ref/xtickangle.html'))

Or,

for latest release documentation please refer to:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/xtickangle.html