[Matplotlib-users] a break in the y-axis

[Ilya S. <ily...@al...>]

Is it possible to create a "break" in the y-axis so that it has ticks
for value 0-.2, then ticks for values .8-1.0, but devotes only a token
amount of space to the area 0.2-0.8?
I have a dataset with most datapoints in 0-.2 and a couple in .8-1.0,
and none in .2-.8 .   The default scaling wastes a lot of space and
compresses the data in the 0-.2 range
such that it is hard to distinguish.

Thanks for any help!

Ilya

p.s. I know I could use two y-axes with different scales; but this
would require splitting the data into two different datasets as well,
and would not allow connecting all points
with one line.