[R] y-axis with "break"

Jim Lemon bitwrit at ozemail.com.au
Sat Aug 24 13:19:57 CEST 2002


Nicolas Schneider wrote:
> Dear R-users
>
> I would like to draw a barplot with a special y-axis. Most of my data
> points are in the range from -50 to 50, apart from one value that is
> 550. I would now like to have a y-axis from -50 to 50, then a "break"
> and the "rest" of the y-axis, let's say from 500 to 600. In order to
> make clear what I'm trying to do, I attached a figure.
>
> Is it possible to do this in R?
>
There is an axis.break() function in 'Kickstarting R' at:

http://cran.r-project.org

under "Contributed Documentation". It allows the user to place a
break at any point on any axis.

Jim

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