thetaticklabels

Gets or sets the text of the angular tick labels of a polar axes.

Category: Graphics > 2-D and 3-D Plots

Syntax

thetaticklabels(labels)

Sets the labels shown at the angular ticks.

labels = thetaticklabels

Returns the current labels.

Description

The labels are assigned to the ticks in order, so set the positions first with thetaticks. If there are fewer labels than ticks, the list is repeated.

Input arguments

labels
Cell array of character vectors, one for each tick.

Output arguments

labels
Cell array of the current labels.

Example

Compass directions

polarplot(0:0.1:2*pi, ones(1, 63))
thetaticks(0:90:270)
thetaticklabels({'E', 'N', 'W', 'S'})
disp(thetaticklabels)
Output
    {'E'}
    {'N'}
    {'W'}
    {'S'}

See also

thetaticks thetatickformat rticklabels polaraxes