MATLAB: GCA attributes axes changes

gca axes

When I write: set (gca) matlab displays all attributes of axes. How can i change only one or few of these attributes?
set (gca)
ActivePositionProperty: [ position | {outerposition} ]
ALim
ALimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
AmbientLightColor
Box: [ on | {off} ]
CameraPosition
CameraPositionMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
CameraTarget
CameraTargetMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
CameraUpVector
CameraUpVectorMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
CameraViewAngle
CameraViewAngleMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
CLim
CLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
Color
ColorOrder
DataAspectRatio
DataAspectRatioMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
DrawMode: [ {normal} | fast ]
FontAngle: [ {normal} | italic | oblique ]
FontName
FontSize
FontUnits: [ inches | centimeters | normalized | {points} | pixels ]
FontWeight: [ light | {normal} | demi | bold ]
GridLineStyle: [ – | — | {:} | -. | none ]
Layer: [ top | {bottom} ]
LineStyleOrder
LineWidth
MinorGridLineStyle: [ – | — | {:} | -. | none ]
NextPlot: [ new | add | {replace} | replacechildren ]
OuterPosition
PlotBoxAspectRatio
PlotBoxAspectRatioMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
Projection: [ {orthographic} | perspective ]
Position
TickLength
TickDir: [ {in} | out ]
TickDirMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
Title
Units: [ inches | centimeters | {normalized} | points | pixels | characters ]
View
XColor
XDir: [ {normal} | reverse ]
XGrid: [ on | {off} ]
XLabel
XAxisLocation: [ top | {bottom} ]
XLim
XLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
XMinorGrid: [ on | {off} ]
XMinorTick: [ on | {off} ]
XScale: [ {linear} | log ]
XTick
XTickLabel
XTickLabelMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
XTickMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
YColor
YDir: [ {normal} | reverse ]
YGrid: [ on | {off} ]
YLabel
YAxisLocation: [ {left} | right ]
YLim
YLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
YMinorGrid: [ on | {off} ]
YMinorTick: [ on | {off} ]
YScale: [ {linear} | log ]
YTick
YTickLabel
YTickLabelMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
YTickMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
ZColor
ZDir: [ {normal} | reverse ]
ZGrid: [ on | {off} ]
ZLabel
ZLim
ZLimMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
ZMinorGrid: [ on | {off} ]
ZMinorTick: [ on | {off} ]
ZScale: [ {linear} | log ]
ZTick
ZTickLabel
ZTickLabelMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
ZTickMode: [ {auto} | manual ]
ButtonDownFcn: string -or- function handle -or- cell array
Children
Clipping: [ {on} | off ]
CreateFcn: string -or- function handle -or- cell array
DeleteFcn: string -or- function handle -or- cell array
BusyAction: [ {queue} | cancel ]
HandleVisibility: [ {on} | callback | off ]
HitTest: [ {on} | off ]
Interruptible: [ {on} | off ]
Parent
Selected: [ on | off ]
SelectionHighlight: [ {on} | off ]
Tag
UIContextMenu
UserData
Visible: [ {on} | off ]

Best Answer

Use set command
Example
t=0:0.1:10;
y=sin(t);
plot(t,y);
set(gca,'xlim',[0 5])
With the new version of Matlab
h=gca
h.XLim=[0 5]
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