Ticks
 Usage
• Ticks is an option for graphics functions that specifies tick marks for axes.
Notes
• The following settings can be given for Ticks:
| None | no tick marks drawn | | Automatic | tick marks placed automatically | | {xticks, yticks, ... } | tick mark options specified separately for each axis |
• With the Automatic setting, tick marks are usually placed at points whose coordinates have the minimum number of digits in their decimal representation. • For each axis, the following tick mark options can be given:
| None | no tick marks drawn | | Automatic | tick mark positions and labels chosen automatically | { ,  , ... } | tick marks drawn at the specified positions | {{ ,  }, { ,  }, ... } | tick marks drawn with the specified labels | {{ ,  ,  }, ... } | tick marks with specified scaled length | {{ ,  , { ,  }}, ... } | tick marks with specified lengths in the positive and negative directions | {{ ,  ,  ,  }, ... } | tick marks with specified styles | | func | a function to be applied to  ,  to get the tick mark option |
• If no explicit labels are given, the tick mark labels are given as the numerical values of the tick mark positions. • Any expression can be given as a tick mark label. The expressions are formatted in OutputForm. • Tick mark lengths are given as a fraction of the distance across the whole plot. • The tick mark function func[ ,  ] may return any other tick mark option. • Ticks can be used in both two- and three-dimensional graphics. • AbsoluteOptions gives the explicit form of Ticks specifications when Automatic settings are given. • New in Version 1.
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