# Plotting with break in axis using Plot.jl
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question, plotting, plots
**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140 "2024-06-24T12:39:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Sahil\_Khan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sahil_Khan)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140/1 "2024-06-24T12:39:54Z")
I have data with has same y-axis range but for x-axis it has two different set of datapoints at far locations. Now plan is to plot them together with a break in x-axis.
I was trying initially with just directly using Plot.jl with led to connection of both sets with line which looks weird.
I would want to plot this without connecting line individually and introducing a break for data not present in between.
It will be helpful if someone can suggest if there is already an attribute for this in Plots.jl.
Thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@oOosys](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oOosys)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140/2 "2024-06-24T13:50:52Z")
If you provide the code for the diagram in the image it would be sure easier for respondents to provide answers backed up with adjusted code.
By the way: why not switch the axes for the plot taking advantage of same y-range displaying it at the x-axis?
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### Author:  [@barucden](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/barucden)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140/3 "2024-06-24T13:58:52Z")
Divide the points into two sets, and plot them separately. Along the lines of
```julia
x1, y1 = ...
x2, y2 = ...
plot(x1, y1)
plot!(x2, y2)
```
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### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140/4 "2024-06-24T14:05:48Z")
Linking related [Plots.jl’s thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-gr-axis-break/59322), with code example for breakplots.
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### Author:  [@Dan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Dan)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140/5 "2024-06-24T14:09:04Z")
Maybe it is even better to add an inset graph of the unbroken x-axis with rectangles showing the plot area of the two different larger charts.
Something like:
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### Author:  [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140/6 "2024-06-24T14:19:21Z")
I don’t know if this is easy, but you could try subtracting 400 (or something) from x in the second set of data. Then, plot both on the same x-axis but manually place and label the ticks on the x-axis.
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### Author:  [@TimG](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TimG)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plotting-with-break-in-axis-using-plot-jl/116140/7 "2024-06-24T15:11:44Z")
Crude, but it works.
Using Makie not Plots, I’m afraid, but presumably same idea applies!
```julia
using PDFmerger
import CairoMakie as Mke
let
x1=Int[]
x2=Int[]
y=Int[]
for i=1:10
push!(x1, i)
push!(x2, i + 500)
push!(y, i)
end
fig, ax, plot = Mke.scatterlines(x1, y)
Mke.scatterlines!(x2, y)
Mke.save("testplot.pdf", fig)
for i in eachindex(x2)
if x2[i]>200
x2[i] -= 450
end
end
fig2, ax2, plot2 = Mke.scatterlines(x1, y)
ax2.xticks = (0:10:60, ["0", "10", "20", "//", "490", "500", "510"])
Mke.scatterlines!(x2, y)
Mke.save("tmp.pdf", fig2)
append_pdf!("testplot.pdf", "tmp.pdf", cleanup=true)
end
```
