plot of a string vector vs numeric vector

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I wonder how to make a plot as X-axis is a text vector. I get an error when I run the folloing code (??? Error using ==> plot Invalid first data argument). I apperciate your help.
y=[1 2 3 4 5 6]
x=['a','b','c','d','e','f']
plot(x,y)
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 13 Apr 2017
Edited: Stephen23 on 13 Apr 2017
Note that in MATLAB [] is a concatenation operator and not a list operator, so this code:
x=['a','b','c','d','e','f']
is equivalent to this:
x = 'abcdef'
You can use a cell array or the string class to store strings as separate elements of an array.

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Matt Fig
Matt Fig on 24 Jun 2011
y=[1 2 3 4 5 6]
x=['a','b','c','d','e','f']
plot(y)
set(gca,'xticklabel',x.')
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Christine Abou Nasr
Christine Abou Nasr on 13 Apr 2017
Hello! and if I want to select just a part of the x table, how can I do? For example, I would like to plot x values 'b' to 'e'. Thank you!

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