MATLAB rotate xtick labels

Question

I cannot figure out how to rotate my xtick labels in a 3d graph. Someone previously suggested:

set(get(gca,'xlabel'), 'Rotation',90)

But when I do this, nothing changes.

The whole code is:

width = 0.7
zheight = 500
set(0,'DefaultAxesLineStyleOrder',{'-*',':','o'})

d=bar3(a,x,width)
set(gcf,'color','w');
zlim([0 zheight])

set(gca,'FontSize',14 ,'FontWeight','bold')
set(gca, 'YTick',1:8, 'YTickLabel',{'1','2','4','8','12','16','20','24'})
set(gca, 'XTick',1:7, 'XTickLabel',{'a' 'b' c' 'd' 'e','f','g'})
set(get(gca,'xlabel'),'rotation',90)

Parasynapsis

I think I want xticlabel, not xlabel, but when I do that, I just get:Error using set Conversion to double from cell is not possible. Error in comp_cost (line 13) set(get(gca,'XTickLabel'),'rotation',80) – Parasynapsis

Maybe this can help: mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/… – Koodoo

here is a FEX submission: mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/3486-xticklabel-rotate (there are many others) – Millford

@Millford If I use this, what do I Add to my script? Every time I Try calling a function like this I just get errors, probably due to me implementing the function incorrectly – Parasynapsis

For instance, if I add xticklabel_rotate(XTick,rot,varargin) I get: Undefined function or variable 'XTick'. – Parasynapsis

@JacksonHart - There's an example on that FEX page that tells you how to run it. The example is: xticklabel_rotate([1:5],45,{'label_1','label_2','label_3','label_4','label_5'},'interpreter','none'). The first parameter I'm assuming are the locations of each tick. In this case, each tick goes from 1 up to 5. You'll need to change this to accommodate where exactly your ticks are located on the x-axis. The second argument is the angle you want to rotate each label and the third element is a cell array of labels where each cell element is the label you want for each tick. – Drowse

@Drowse When I do this, I get:Unexpected MATLAB operator. and i copied it verbatim, so perhaps there must be something missing. – Parasynapsis

Where is the unexpected MATLAB operator happening? The command prompt will tell you the exact location – Drowse

@Drowse in the line that i added the code you suggested – Parasynapsis

Answer 1

You can use this Rotating X axis Labels

Example:

rotateXLabels( xlabel, 45 )

Enormous

I want to rotate the tic labels, the the axis label – Parasynapsis

the file will allow you to rotate the tic labels.. then you can rotate the axis label yourself.. – Enormous

Answer 2

As of matlab version R2014b, this is built into matlab. (As noted in the rotateXLabels package from the answer by @lakesh)

You can rotate the labels:

set(gca, 'XTickLabelRotation', 90)

Mcbee

Answer 3

Starting from R2016b you can do:

xtickangle(angle)

Westberry