How to get the values of x axis only visible at the bottom subplots?

Hi,

I have a series of subplots (5x4). Every subplot has the same x axis and the same limits. At the moment, I have the values of x axis visible in every subplot. I would like to have the values only visible at the bottom subplots, so that the figure would be simpler. I already edited the code so that the x label is only visible at the bottom subplots. But how do I do the same to the x axis values?

I tried turning of the 'XTick'

set(gca,'XTick',[]);

This worked, however, now the grid also turned off. How can I get the values to be only at the bottom subplots, and the grid on?

The same goes for y axis. I only want the values of the y axis to be visible at the left subplots.

Thank you in advance for any answers!

Answer 1

[dpb]

R=5; C=4;
n=0;
for r=1:R
  for c=1:C
    n=n+1; 
    hAx(r,c)=subplot(R,C,n); 
    if r<R, xticklabels(''), end
    if c>1, yticklabels(''), end
    grid on
  end
end

You can also get fancy with set for multiple handles after the creation phase...

figure
n=0;
for r=1:R
  for c=1:C
    n=n+1; 
    hAx(r,c)=subplot(R,C,n); 
  end
end
set(hAx(1:end-1,:),{'xticklabel'},{''})                     % clear tick labels except first column, last row
set(hAx(:,2:end),{'yticklabel'},{''})                       % clear tick labels except first column, last row
set(hAx,{'xgrid','ygrid','box'},{'on','on','on'})           % turn on grids and box
set([hAx.XAxis;hAx.YAxis],{'TickLabelFormat'},{'%0.1f'})    % set consistent formatting

It's the tick labels you don't want to display...

Answer 2

[Mathieu NOE]

hello

maybe this ? (all credits to this answer , adapted to your question : Plot - Remove axis ticks but keep grid lines - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central)

% Create a new  figure 
figure 
subplot(2,2,1)
plot(randn(15,1));
ylim([-2 2])
xticklabels("");% Remove x axis numbering
figtune(gca); % special figure tweak

subplot(2,2,2)
plot(randn(15,1));
ylim([-2 2])
xticklabels("");% Remove x axis numbering
yticklabels("");% Remove y axis numbering
figtune(gca);

subplot(2,2,3)
plot(randn(15,1));
ylim([-2 2])
figtune(gca);

subplot(2,2,4)
plot(randn(15,1));
ylim([-2 2])
yticklabels("");% Remove y axis numbering
figtune(gca);

%% special fig rendering function 
function figtune(ax)
% Set major Grid lines
ax.GridLineStyle = '--';
ax.GridColor = 'b';
ax.GridAlpha = 1;
grid on;
% Set minor Grid lines
ax.MinorGridLineStyle = '-';
ax.MinorGridColor = 'b';
ax.MinorGridAlpha = 0.5;
grid minor;
end

[Aaro]

Thank you for the answers, they worked!

[Mathieu NOE]

my pleasure - was not a hard work as everything was almost available in the other post !

and I learned also how to make a really nice plot BTW

[dpb]

If solved the problem, go ahead and Accept an answer...and can vote for either or both as well...