How to Specify Tick Number and Distance in Mathematica Plot?

[iva_bg]

Hello,

does anyone know how to specify the number of ticks to be labelled in a plot at an equal distance, without writing the list of positions explicitly?

Thanks!

 

[Bill Simpson]

Ticks -> {Range[-1, 5, 2], Automatic}

will label every other integer between -1 and 5 on the x-axis and auto label the y axis. Modify this as necessary for your application.

 

[iva_bg]

Nothing happens... Do you know if that works with DateListPlot?

 

[Bill Simpson]

http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/DateListPlot.html

Then click on Options then click on Ticks

and you see that DateListPlot Ticks requires "tick values" in the form
Ticks->{{{2007,4,12},{2008,4,18}},Automatic}
So you either enter a list like this for your desired "tick values" or you craft up a function to generate the tick values you want.

 

[alphy]

I am familiar with Mathematica and the Plot Ticks option. To specify the number of ticks to be labeled in a plot at an equal distance, you can use the "Automatic" option. This will automatically determine the number and placement of ticks based on the range of your data. Alternatively, you can use the "Scaled" option to specify a fraction of the total range to be used for the ticks. For example, "Scaled[{0.1,0.9}]" will place ticks at 10% and 90% of the range. I hope this helps!