plots with xlabel too long of a string for the plot

hi,

i need to make a plot that has doubles for the y-axis and strings for the x-axis

1,'abc'

2,'def'

3,'ghi'

4,'jkl'

5,'mno'

...

i've been plotting using the index as the x-axis and using xlabel ('abc def ghi jkl mno ...') to give them a name. the problem is that the strings don't line up with the index and the length when plotted have gotten longer than the size of the plot. i'm thinking i could rotate the strings at a 45* angle, but i don't know how to do that). hints?

Answer 1

[Prakash S R]

set(gca, 'XTickLabels', {'abc' 'def' 'ghi' 'jkl' 'mno' ..}) ;
xtickangle(45)

Answer 2

[Adam Jurhs]

awesome, thanks! worked perfectly

[Prakash S R]

Awesome! Please "Accept" the response that was helpful, if you could :)

[Rik]

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