[R] Breakdown a number

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Maybe you could discuss in words what you want but perhaps
you are looking for diff:

> bp <- c(0, 250, 800, 1200)
> diff(bp)
[1] 250 550 400

On 4/19/06, Paul Roebuck <roebuck at mdanderson.org> wrote:
> Isn't there a builtin method for doing this and, if so,
> what is it called?
>
>        breakdown <- function(whole) {
>            breaks <- c(250, 800)
>            pieces <- integer(length(breaks) + 1)
>            if (whole > breaks[2]) {
>                pieces[3] <- whole - breaks[2]
>                whole <- breaks[2]
>            }
>            if (whole > breaks[1]) {
>                pieces[2] <- whole - breaks[1]
>                whole <- breaks[1]
>            }
>            pieces[1] <- whole
>
>            return(pieces)
>        }
>
> breakdown(1200) # 250 550 400
>
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