On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Marc Feldesman wrote:
> >selectiris<-sample(1:5, 150, replace=T)
> > hist(selectiris, plot=TRUE) #freq=TRUE, breaks=5, etc all do the same
thing
> >truehist(selectiris)
>
> Is the behavior of "hist" in this sample of code correct. On my
system
> (Windows 2K, SP2) the first and second bars are pushed together, while the
> 3rd, 4th, and 5th bars are correctly positioned.
>
> The function "truehist" gives the correct representation of the
data.
>
> Am I missing an option in hist or is there a bug?
Neither. It's a design feature. Those spaces are empty bins. If you use
right=FALSE you will get a different pattern.
The default bins are [1, 1.5], (1.5, 2], (2, 2.5] ....
and your data are integers, so (2, 2.5] is empty.
This is one of the quirks that truehist() was designed to avoid.
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