[R] hist function to give each cell equal area

[Peter Dalgaard]

Dan Bolser <dmb at mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk> writes:

> y <- table(cut(x,breaks=quantile(x,seq(0,1,length=nbin+1))))
> 
> > y
> [1] 399
> 
> I only get 399 counts out, and I put 400 counts in?

Look at the include.lowest argument. For some reason this is TRUE in
hist() but FALSE in cut().

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