guide_yticks.md

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title: yticks author: Darwin Darakananda part: Guide order: 3003 ...

Formats the tick marks and labels for the y-axis

Arguments

• ticks: Array of tick locations on the y-axis
• label: Determines if the ticks are labeled, either true (default) or false
• orientation: Label orientation (:horizontal, :vertical, :auto). Defaults to :auto

Examples

using Gadfly

Gadfly.set_default_plot_size(14cm, 8cm)

ticks = [0.2, 0.4, 0.6]
plot(x=rand(10), y=rand(10), Geom.line, Guide.yticks(ticks=ticks))

plot(x=rand(10), y=rand(10), Geom.line, Guide.yticks(ticks=ticks, label=false))

plot(x=rand(10), y=rand(10), Geom.line, Guide.yticks(ticks=ticks, orientation=:vertical))