plotrix (version 2.5-2)

axis.break: Place a "break" mark on an axis

Description

Places a "break" mark on an axis on an existing plot

Usage

axis.break(axis=1,breakpos=NULL,bgcol="white",breakcol="black",
  style="slash",brw=0.02)

Arguments

axis

which axis to break

breakpos

where to place the break in user units

bgcol

the color of the plot background

breakcol

the color of the "break" marker

style

Either gap, slash or zigzag

brw

break width relative to plot width

Value

• nil

See Also

gap.plot

Examples

plot(3:10,main="Axis break test")
 # put a break at the default axis and position
 axis.break()
 axis.break(2,2.9,style="zigzag")
 twogrp<-c(rnorm(10)+4,rnorm(10)+20)
 gap.plot(twogrp,gap=c(8,16),xlab="Index",ylab="Group values",
  main="Two separated groups with gap axis break",
  col=c(rep(2,10),rep(3,10)),ytics=c(3,5,18,20))
 legend(12,6,c("Low group","High group"),pch=1,col=2:3)