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axis breaks
license: mit

This example demonstrates how the d3fc discontinuous scale can be used to create a 'break' in a scale, in this case the range 5-20 is removed in order to allow data which spans a large range, to be more easiy visualised.

A line annotation is used to highlight the location of the break.

(Note, the axis ticks are not ideal, as highlighted in this issue).

State Under 5 Years 5 to 13 Years 14 to 17 Years 18 to 24 Years 25 to 44 Years 45 to 64 Years 65 Years and Over
CA 2704659 4499890 2159981 3853788 10604510 8819342 4114496
TX 2027307 3277946 1420518 2454721 7017731 5656528 2472223
NY 1208495 2141490 1058031 1999120 5355235 5120254 2607672
FL 1140516 1938695 925060 1607297 4782119 4746856 3187797
IL 894368 1558919 725973 1311479 3596343 3239173 1575308
PA 737462 1345341 679201 1203944 3157759 3414001 1910571
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- include polyfills for custom event, Symbol and Custom Elements -->
<script src="//unpkg.com/babel-polyfill@6.26.0/dist/polyfill.js"></script>
<script src="//unpkg.com/custom-event-polyfill@0.3.0/custom-event-polyfill.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/document-register-element/1.8.0/document-register-element.js"></script>
<!-- use babel so that we can use arrow functions and other goodness in this block! -->
<script src="//unpkg.com/babel-standalone@6/babel.min.js"></script>
<script src="//unpkg.com/d3@5.5.0"></script>
<script src="//unpkg.com/d3fc@14.0.41"></script>
<style>
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
.tick text {
font-size: 14px;
}
.chart-label {
font-size: 25px;
}
#chart {
height: 480px;
}
.annotation-line text {
display: none;
}
line {
stroke: red;
stroke-width: 3;
stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
}
</style>
<body>
<div id="chart"></div>
<script type='text/babel'>
var data = [0, 1, 2, 4, 3, 22, 25];
var bar = fc.autoBandwidth(fc.seriesSvgBar())
.align('left')
.crossValue((_, i) => i)
.mainValue(d => d);
var scaleWithBreak = fc.scaleDiscontinuous(d3.scaleLinear())
.discontinuityProvider(fc.discontinuityRange([5, 20]));
var annotation = fc.annotationSvgLine();
var multi = fc.seriesSvgMulti()
.series([bar, annotation])
.mapping((data, index, series) => {
switch(series[index]) {
case annotation:
return [5];
case bar:
return data;
}
});
var chart = fc.chartCartesian(
d3.scaleBand(),
scaleWithBreak
)
.chartLabel("A chart with a 'break' in the y-scale between 5-20")
.xDomain(data.map((_, i) => i))
.xPadding(0.2)
.yDomain(d3.extent(data))
.svgPlotArea(multi);
d3.select('#chart')
.datum(data)
.call(chart);
</script>
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