Re: [R] How to break an axis?

2005-05-25 Thread Bjørn-Helge Mevik
What about simply using a log scale on the y axis? I.e. plot(..., log=y) -- Bjørn-Helge Mevik __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide!

Re: [R] How to break an axis?

2005-05-24 Thread joerg van den hoff
Bo Peng wrote: Dear list, I need to plot four almost horizontal lines with y-values around 1,3,4, 400. If I plot them directly, the first three lines will be indiscernible so I am thinking of breaking y-axis into two parts, one with range (0,5), another (395,400). Is there an easy way to do

Re: [R] How to break an axis?

2005-05-24 Thread Jim Lemon
Bo Peng wrote: Dear list, I need to plot four almost horizontal lines with y-values around 1,3,4, 400. If I plot them directly, the first three lines will be indiscernible so I am thinking of breaking y-axis into two parts, one with range (0,5), another (395,400). Is there an easy way to do

Re: [R] How to break an axis?

2005-05-24 Thread Bo Peng
Tom Mulholland has already pointed out that the plotrix package has an axis.break() function that will draw the break symbol. Your problem is a combination of plotting two disparate sets of data and getting the y-axis right. The following is one way to do it, just be careful that the ylim=

RE: [R] How to break an axis?

2005-05-23 Thread Mulholland, Tom
I think you may wish to look at the plotrix package, assumming that you have taken care of the issues involved in breaking an axis and that your plots don't result in misleading information. I think to use the axis break you would have to calculate your own labels and rescale the data, as it