Broken axis

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#1

Hi!

I'd like to plot a graph with a certain range left out to allow better
visualization of outliers. The axis should appear broken at this
position to indicate that the scaling is interrupted.
(pychart calls it "zap marks", see
http://home.gna.org/pychart/doc/module-zap.html)

Is there a way to do this with matplotlib?

Thanks,
--leo

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#2

Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth wrote:

Hi!

I'd like to plot a graph with a certain range left out to allow better
visualization of outliers. The axis should appear broken at this
position to indicate that the scaling is interrupted.
(pychart calls it "zap marks", see
http://home.gna.org/pychart/doc/module-zap.html)

Is there a way to do this with matplotlib?

No, this has been requested but never implemented. Someone may have come up with a manual method, but it would require essentially drawing the axes manually from primitives, and manipulating the values of the outliers.

Eric

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Thanks,
--leo