Break X Axis
Features
1.) Minimal fuss, just works
2.) Professional looking graphs
3.) Works with all 2D graphics objects: Lines, Text, Patches, Images, etc.
5.) Obeys ‘XTickMode’ for automatic or manual positioning of tick marks.
6.) Obeys ‘Layer’ property
7.) Works with semilogy plots and with either axis reversed
8.) Can resize after splitting axis
8.) Possible to unsplit axis
Limitations
1.) No support for semilogx or loglog plots
2.) Creates extra copies of the data which may be problematic when displaying very large data sets.
3.) Text inside an axes must have 'Clipping' turned 'Off' or be added after splitting the axis. Otherwise it may be rendered twice. See TextExample.m for more details.
Cite As
Peter (2024). Break X Axis (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/42905-break-x-axis), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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Acknowledgements
Inspired by: BreakAxis, BreakXAxis, BreakPlot
Inspired: Aesethetic Axis Breaks, Break Y Axis
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