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Message-ID: <20020823133935.447ffcbe.fharrell@virginia.edu>
Date: 2002-08-23T17:39:35Z
From: Frank E Harrell Jr
Subject: y-axis with "break"
In-Reply-To: <200208231545.RAA22403@giub.unibe.ch>

This sort of solution has been discussed in Bill Cleveland's "The Elements of Graphing Data" (Hobart Press), and not in a very positive light I must add.

Frank Harrell

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:46:37 +0200 (MEST)
Nicolas Schneider <schneid at giub.unibe.ch> 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?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
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