R code for Breaking X/Y axis

# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19612348/break-x-axis-in-r
# http://www.statmethods.net/advgraphs/axes.html
# http://www.inside-r.org/packages/cran/plotrix/docs/axis.break


# Example 1
x <- c(9.45, 8.78, 0.93, 0.47, 0.24, 0.12)
y <- c(10.72, 10.56, 10.35, 10.10, 9.13, 6.72)
z <- c(7.578, 7.456, 6.956, 6.712, 4.832, 3.345)
plot(x, y, col='blue', pch=16, xlab= 'x', ylab='y, z')
points(x, z, col='red', pch=17)
library(plotrix)
axis.break(1,2,style="slash")



#Break X axis

xgap <- ifelse(x > 8, x-6, x)
#Possibly you'd want to check if there are values between 2 and 8.
plot(xgap, y, col='blue', pch=16, xlab= 'x', ylab='y, z', xaxt="n")
points(xgap, z, col='red', pch=17)
xat <- pretty(xgap)
xat <- xat[xat!=2]
xlab <- ifelse(xat>2, xat+6, xat)
axis(1,at=xat, labels=xlab)
library(plotrix)
axis.break(1,2,style="slash")


library(plotrix)
par(bty="n") # deleting the box
gap.plot(x,y, gap=c(2,7.5), gap.axis="x", pch=16,
         col="blue", ylim=range(c(y,z)),
         xtics=c(0:3,8:10), xticlab=c(0:3,8:10))

gap.plot(x,z, gap=c(2,7.5), gap.axis="x", pch=17,
         col="red", ylim=range(c(y,z)), add=TRUE); axis(2)

abline(v=seq(1.99,2.09,.001), col="white")  # hiding vertical lines
axis.break(1,2,style="slash")  



# Break Y Axis

ygap <- ifelse(y > 8, y-6, y)
#Possibly you'd want to check if there are values between 2 and 8.
plot(ygap, x, col='blue', pch=16, xlab= 'x', ylab='y, z', yaxt="n")
points(ygap, z, col='red', pch=17)
yat <- pretty(ygap)
yat <- yat[yat!=2]
ylab <- ifelse(yat>2, yat+6, yat)
axis(2,at=yat, labels=ylab)
library(plotrix)
axis.break(2,2,style="slash")