How to create axis with perfect square ticks

What should I do to plot my data along a y axis such as this:

Answer 1

[Rik]

The answer from @Mara provides all the tools you need, but there are still some caveats. Note that the first option will not set the spacing and the second option will cause a mismatch between the values and the labels.

I think the best solution would be to do all of these things:

• Set the yticks to 0:50
• Set the yticklabels to (0:50).^2
• Take the sqrt of your data before plotting it

[Afonso Campos]

Tysm ^^

Answer 2

[Mara]

yticks((1:50).^2)

if you just want to change the labels you can use

yticklabels((1:50).^2)