Xtics

Fine control of the x axis tic marks is possible with the set xtics command. The x-axis tic marks may be turned off with the set noxtics command. They may be turned on (the default state) with set xtics.

Syntax:

         set xtics { {<start>, <incr>{, <end>}} |
                     {({"<label>"} <pos> {, {"<label>"} <pos>}...)} }
         set noxtics
         show xtics

The <start>, <incr>, <end> form specifies that a series of tics will be plotted on the x axis between the x values <start> and <end> with an increment of <incr>. If <end> is not given it is assumed to be infinity. The increment may be negative. For example,

          set xtics 0,.5,10

makes tics at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, ..., 9.5, 10.

The (''<label>'' <pos>, ...) form allows arbitrary tic positions or non-numeric tic labels. A set of tics are a set of positions, each with its own optional label. Note that the label is a string enclosed by quotes, and may be a constant string, such as ``hello'', or contain formatting information for the tic number (which is the same as the position), such as ''%3f clients''. See set format for more information about this case. The label may even be empty. Examples:

         set xtics ("low" 0, "medium" 50, "high" 100)
         set xtics (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024)
         set xtics ("bottom" 0, "" 10, "top" 20)

Tics will only be plotted when in range.

The set ytics and set noytics commands work identically. See also the set format command.