text labels for x values

Hi all,

I am trying to create a bar graph that has text for x values.

For a (silly) example, let's say I have 4 values representing how
much of each type of fruit is in my fridge:

fruit = [2 5 6 7]

bar(fruit)

makes the bar plot just fine.

But here's what I want and am having trouble with:

Instead of the default x values being numeric (1 through 4)
I want to have x values be text. something like ['apples',
'oranges', 'strawberries', 'pears'].

Tried this and it doesn't work.

For instance if i do:
mylabels =['apples', 'oranges', 'strawberries', 'pears'];

bar(mylabels, fruit)

??? Error using ==> bar at 49
Must supply Y data or X and Y data as first argument(s).

I opened up bar.m and can't see how to edit it for a workaround,
except maybe seriously hacking into parseparams.m and bar.m. I was
hoping someone had an easy way to do this...maybe just adding text
below the x axis?

Didn't see any examples like this anywhere I searched.
So, if anyone out there knows how to do this, I would really
appreciate it.

thanks. jon
.

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