how to move label from axis to the center

I want to adjust the x-label {Jan, ,Dec} at the center of axis, how can I do it. Thanks

[Ameer Hamza]

Can you mark on the image what is your expected outcome? Where do you want to move the x-labels?

Answer 1

[Sindar]

First, those are called the xtick labels. It turns out moving them is a pain, but I did find a potential solution here:

a=gca;
a.XRuler.TickLabelGapOffset = -45;

[Farshid Daryabor]

By this comment text shift up and down, whilst I want to shift text to the center without shift of axis, for instance,

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[Sindar]

A better way to phrase your question is:

How do I move the xtick labels to midway between xticks?

My immediate response would be: don't. Doing this is confusing.

However, if you feel you must, there are many answers here on how to manually set the location and text of ticklabels using the text() command