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I need to create a break in the y-axis, so I can show very low values, skip 90% of the y-axis and then show the very high values. How would I do this in r with ggplot?

Code is not needed, this is more of a conceptual question. I want something like below.

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    You can't by design, as cut axes produce misleading graphs. `scale_y_log10` or facetting may be good alternatives. – alistaire Jul 15 '18 at 00:42
  • Maybe you can take something from [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39733972/ggplot2-custom-grob-over-axis-lines/40622343#40622343) – Sandy Muspratt Jul 15 '18 at 19:40

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The functions scale_x_discrete() and scale_y_discrete() are used to customize discrete x and y axis, respectively. Just define your own breaks.

scale_x_discrete(name, breaks, labels, limits)
scale_y_discrete(name, breaks, labels, limits)
  1. name : x or y axis labels

  2. breaks : control the breaks in the guide (axis ticks, grid lines, …). Among the possible values, there are : NULL : hide all breaks waiver() : the default break computation a character or numeric vector specifying which breaks to display

  3. labels : labels of axis tick marks. Allowed values are : NULL for no labels waiver() for the default labels character vector to be used for break labels

  4. limits : a character vector indicating the data range

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