The plotrix package provides a way to insert a break into a y-axis but doing so is not considered really good plotting behaviour. The split axis method actually shows the data but human perception has a hard time handling the split.
I'd look at some kind of transformation as a possibility or pehaps plotting two graphs or panels (see http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/1764/what-are-alternatives-to-broken-axes). John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: careys...@gmail.com > Sent: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:52:17 +0000 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] How do you graph data when you have lots of small values but > few extremely large values? > > I was thinking of splitting the y-axis into two? Is this possible? > > Thanks > > -- > Shane > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.