<!--Copyright (C) 1988-2005 by the Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES). See file COPYRIGHT for more information.--> <html> <head> <title>GrADS Command: set xlab</title> </head> <body bgcolor="e0f0ff" text="#000000"> <h2><b>set xlab</b></h2> <p> <code>set xlab <i>option</i></code> <p> Controls the format of X-axis tick mark labels. The <code><i>option</i></code> argument may be one of the following: <ul> <code>on </code> labeled tick marks are drawn with the default characteristics<br> <code>off </code> labeled tick marks are not drawn<br> <code><i>format</i> </code> gives a C-language template for conversion of the label value to a string <br> </ul> <p> <h3>Usage Notes</h3> <ol> <li>If the X axis represents longitude, then the default behavior is to append an "E" or "W" to all tick mark labels depending on the hemisphere. <p> <li>Changes to the X-axis tick mark labels are reset by <a href="gradcomdclear.html">clear</a>, but not <a href="gradcomddisplay.html">display</a>. </ol> <p> <h3>Examples </h3> <ol> <li>This command would cause all X-axis labels to have 2 digits after the decimal point: <ul><code>set xlab %.2f </code></ul> </ul> </body> </html>
