Plots with stairs and inclines?

Assume I need to create a plot including both gentle slides and abrupt steps, such as the attached plot (note the step-like drop at vertical 2 versus the incremental slope of vertical 2-3).

To my understanding, plot() only produces the latter, while stairs() the former. How can I produce both, aside from piecing it together using several 'identical but distinct' lines on the same figure (not optimal).

Answer 1

[Andrew Newell]

I'm not sure how you intend to generate the points, but for the example plot you gave, plot works just fine with an appropriate input:

x = [0:2 2:5];
y = [0 1 2 1 -1 0 0];
plot(x,y)
axis([0 5 -3 3])

[Thanos Maravel]

This works neatly! I had tried to assign them via formulas and use of 'for' since I was gonna multiply and sum a pair later, and their 'steps' were different, but with a little doing I figured I could give them the same steps. Thanks bunches!