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secondaly
2001 Jul 10
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returning quartiles of a list?
Hi, all. I have a list:
process <- c( 5 , 7 , 4 , 1 , 4 , 1)
and I'd like to get each half (or each third or each quartile) of the list:
process.firsthalf would be (5, 7, 4) and
process.secondhalf would be (1, 4, 1).
note that I'm not interested in the numeric quartiles (then I could
use quantile or several other functions).
what is the best way to get this kind of thing? for odd legnth lists,
I don't particularly care if the first or the second half gets the
extra.
can write a...