# Remove duplicate labels with symbolic y coords

I am new to pgfplots and have a problem with the following example:

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[title  = Some fancy benchmark data,
xbar,
y axis line style = { opacity = 0 },
axis x line       = none,
tickwidth         = 0pt,
enlarge y limits  = 0.2,
enlarge x limits  = 0.02,
symbolic y coords = {Intel Xeon E5630,AMD Turion II Neo N54L,Intel i7 3632QM},
nodes near coords,
nodes near coords style={/pgf/number format/.cd,precision=7}
]
\addplot coordinates { (0.155,AMD Turion II Neo N54L)         (0.087,Intel i7 3632QM)
(0.134,Intel Xeon E5630)  };
\addplot coordinates { (0.078,AMD Turion II Neo N54L)         (0.047,Intel i7 3632QM)
(0.069,Intel Xeon E5630)    };
\legend{prod1, prod2}
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}


Looks ok, except that there are duplicate labels on the y axis.

How can I remove the labels I marked with red?

• Welcome to TeX.SX! Please help us (and also you) and add a minimal working example (MWE). – Bobyandbob Aug 14 '17 at 9:48
• You could remove the double entries e.g. by adding ytick distance=1 to the axis environment options. – Stefan Pinnow Aug 14 '17 at 11:20
• Great to here. Shall I write an answer or shall we close this question as "solved in the comments"? – Stefan Pinnow Aug 14 '17 at 11:49
• If you write a answer with the solution I'll accept it, thanks. – Josef Aug 14 '17 at 12:00
• @TorbjørnT., you are right, that works in this case, because in the first \addplot command all symbolic coords are given. But this is not a general solution ... – Stefan Pinnow Aug 15 '17 at 6:45

As I already stated in the comment below the question you can e.g. remove the double yticks and the corresponding labels by adding ytick distance=1 to the axis environment options.

% used PGFPlots v1.15
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
title=Some fancy benchmark data,
xbar,
y axis line style={
draw=none,          % (<-- changed)
},
axis x line=none,
tickwidth=0pt,
enlarge y limits=0.2,
enlarge x limits=0.02,
symbolic y coords={
Intel Xeon E5630,
AMD Turion II Neo N54L,
Intel i7 3632QM%
},
nodes near coords,
nodes near coords style={
/pgf/number format/precision=4,
},
]
(0.155,AMD Turion II Neo N54L)
(0.087,Intel i7 3632QM)
(0.134,Intel Xeon E5630)
};