how can I plot numbers and string in x axis

the reason I want to plot this is I want it to show me the numbers that are the furtherst from zero and closer to -1 or 1 and I want to plot the string in x axis

X=  0.3421
   -0.3579
   -0.0095
    0.3425
    0.3246
   -0.0042
    0.3427
   -0.0354
   -0.3672
   -0.3734
   -0.2771
    0.2493
    0.0129
    
   S=  {'A…'} {'B…'} {'C…'} {'D…'} {'E…'} {'F…'}....

[Walter Roberson]

Perhaps use those values as xticks, and use S as the xticklabels ?

[will99]

my graph is showing me that -0.0042 is further from zero than 0.2493 I thought it was the oppsite thank you now I can explain my graph better

[will99]

it just my graph doesn't show which variable is assosicate to which data point ?

[madhan ravi]

Could you show how your final plot should look like?

[Walter Roberson]

text(X, zeros(size(X)), S)