rticklabels
Set or get radial tick labels for polar axes.
📝Syntax
labels = rticklabels()
rticklabels(labels)
rticklabels('auto')
rticklabels('manual')
m = rticklabels('mode')
rticklabels(ax, ...)
📥Input Arguments
Parameter Description
labels Cell array, string array, character vector, or numeric values converted to labels.
'auto' Generate radial tick labels from radial tick values.
'manual' Keep current radial tick labels.
'mode' Return the radial tick label mode.
ax Target polar axes.
📤Output Arguments
Parameter Description
labels Cell array of radial tick labels.
m 'auto' or 'manual'.
📄Description

rticklabels gets or sets labels displayed next to radial ticks.

Setting labels switches radial tick label mode to manual. The number of displayed labels is matched with the number of visible radial ticks.

💡Examples
Set radial tick labels.
polarplot(linspace(0, 2*pi, 80), linspace(0, 3, 80));
rticks([0 1.5 3]);
rticklabels({'zero'; 'middle'; 'maximum'});
labels = rticklabels()
🔗See Also
rticksthetaticklabelspolarplot
🕔Version History
Version Description
2.0.0 initial version
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