GCA attributes axes changes

When I write: set (gca) matlab displays all attributes of axes. How can i change only one or few of these attributes?

set (gca)

ActivePositionProperty: [ position | {outerposition} ]

ALim

ALimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

AmbientLightColor

Box: [ on | {off} ]

CameraPosition

CameraPositionMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

CameraTarget

CameraTargetMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

CameraUpVector

CameraUpVectorMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

CameraViewAngle

CameraViewAngleMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

CLim

CLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

Color

ColorOrder

DataAspectRatio

DataAspectRatioMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

DrawMode: [ {normal} | fast ]

FontAngle: [ {normal} | italic | oblique ]

FontName

FontSize

FontUnits: [ inches | centimeters | normalized | {points} | pixels ]

FontWeight: [ light | {normal} | demi | bold ]

GridLineStyle: [ - | -- | {:} | -. | none ]

Layer: [ top | {bottom} ]

LineStyleOrder

LineWidth

MinorGridLineStyle: [ - | -- | {:} | -. | none ]

NextPlot: [ new | add | {replace} | replacechildren ]

OuterPosition

PlotBoxAspectRatio

PlotBoxAspectRatioMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

Projection: [ {orthographic} | perspective ]

Position

TickLength

TickDir: [ {in} | out ]

TickDirMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

Title

Units: [ inches | centimeters | {normalized} | points | pixels | characters ]

View

XColor

XDir: [ {normal} | reverse ]

XGrid: [ on | {off} ]

XLabel

XAxisLocation: [ top | {bottom} ]

XLim

XLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

XMinorGrid: [ on | {off} ]

XMinorTick: [ on | {off} ]

XScale: [ {linear} | log ]

XTick

XTickLabel

XTickLabelMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

XTickMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

YColor

YDir: [ {normal} | reverse ]

YGrid: [ on | {off} ]

YLabel

YAxisLocation: [ {left} | right ]

YLim

YLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

YMinorGrid: [ on | {off} ]

YMinorTick: [ on | {off} ]

YScale: [ {linear} | log ]

YTick

YTickLabel

YTickLabelMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

YTickMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

ZColor

ZDir: [ {normal} | reverse ]

ZGrid: [ on | {off} ]

ZLabel

ZLim

ZLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

ZMinorGrid: [ on | {off} ]

ZMinorTick: [ on | {off} ]

ZScale: [ {linear} | log ]

ZTick

ZTickLabel

ZTickLabelMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

ZTickMode: [ {auto} | manual ]

ButtonDownFcn: string -or- function handle -or- cell array

Children

Clipping: [ {on} | off ]

CreateFcn: string -or- function handle -or- cell array

DeleteFcn: string -or- function handle -or- cell array

BusyAction: [ {queue} | cancel ]

HandleVisibility: [ {on} | callback | off ]

HitTest: [ {on} | off ]

Interruptible: [ {on} | off ]

Parent

Selected: [ on | off ]

SelectionHighlight: [ {on} | off ]

Tag

UIContextMenu

UserData

Visible: [ {on} | off ]

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Use set command

Example

t=0:0.1:10;
y=sin(t);
plot(t,y);
set(gca,'xlim',[0 5])

With the new version of Matlab

h=gca
h.XLim=[0 5]

[Nikola]

Thanks for answer. I have version 7.12.0 R2011. is that old version?

Answer 2

[Nikola]

Thanks for answer. I have version 7.12.0 R2011. is that old version?