# Theta ticks in polar plots (Plots.jl)?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/theta-ticks-in-polar-plots-plots-jl/106148
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** plots
**Created:** [November 13, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/theta-ticks-in-polar-plots-plots-jl/106148 "2023-11-13T12:50:11Z")
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### Author: ![lsablon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lsablon/32/47083_2.png) [@lsablon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lsablon)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/theta-ticks-in-polar-plots-plots-jl/106148/1 "2023-11-13T12:50:12Z")

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Hello,

I couldn’t find an answer in the documentation so here I am.

Do you know if it is possible to modify the angular ticks (with a formatter, or directly specifying myself some values e.g. 30° will be ‘Monday’ or something like that, or displaying rad instead of deg, …)?

The radial component works well with the ‘y’ attributes but the ‘x’ do not modify the angular ticks.

Small reproducible code:

```julia
using Plots
gr()
default(proj=:polar, aspect_ratio=:equal, label=:none)
θ, r = deg2rad.(0:10:350), 0:10:350;
scatter(θ, r, marker_z = r.^2, ms = 2,
    yformatter=:scientific) # successfully modify the 'r' ticks

```

Thanks in advance for your help,  
L.

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### Author: ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/theta-ticks-in-polar-plots-plots-jl/106148/2 "2023-11-13T14:43:34Z")

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Fyi, you can find some solutions in [this thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/radar-plot-in-plots-jl-or-makie-jl/88576).