add tick examples with ranges, closes #905

GiovineItalia · Oct 3, 2016 · 22d4659 · 22d4659 · shashi · Oct 4, 2016
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diff --git a/docs/src/lib/guides/guide_xticks.md b/docs/src/lib/guides/guide_xticks.md
@@ -33,3 +33,15 @@ plot(x=rand(10), y=rand(10), Geom.line, Guide.xticks(ticks=ticks, label=false))
 ```@example 1
 plot(x=rand(10), y=rand(10), Geom.line, Guide.xticks(ticks=ticks, orientation=:vertical))
 ```
+
+Range types can also be used
+
+```@example 1
+plot(x=rand(1:10, 10), y=rand(1:10, 10), Geom.line, Guide.xticks(ticks=[1:9;]))
+```
+
+!!! note
+
+    The `;` in `ticks=[1:9;]` is required to flatten the `1:9` range type into
+    `[1, 2, 3, ...]`. Alternatively, `collect` can be used in the following
+    manner `ticks=collect(1:9)`.
diff --git a/docs/src/lib/guides/guide_yticks.md b/docs/src/lib/guides/guide_yticks.md
@@ -33,3 +33,15 @@ plot(x=rand(10), y=rand(10), Geom.line, Guide.yticks(ticks=ticks, label=false))
 ```@example 1
 plot(x=rand(10), y=rand(10), Geom.line, Guide.yticks(ticks=ticks, orientation=:vertical))
 ```
+
+Range types can also be used
+
+```@example 1
+plot(x=rand(1:10, 10), y=rand(1:10, 10), Geom.line, Guide.yticks(ticks=[1:9;]))
+```
+
+!!! note
+
+    The `;` in `ticks=[1:9;]` is required to flatten the `1:9` range type into
+    `[1, 2, 3, ...]`. Alternatively, `collect` can be used in the following
+    manner `ticks=collect(1:9)`.