rvcut {rv}R Documentation

Convert Numeric to Random Factor

Description

Convert implements the `cut' function using random variables.

Usage

  rvcut(x, ...)
  ## S3 method for class 'rv':
  rvcut(x, ...)

Arguments

x a plain or a random vector which is to be converted to a factor by cutting.
... arguments passed to the function cut.

Value

A random factor.

Author(s)

Jouni Kerman jouni@kerman.com

References

Kerman, J. and Gelman, A. (2007). Manipulating and Summarizing Posterior Simulations Using Random Variable Objects. Statistics and Computing 17:3, 235-244.

See also vignette("rv").

See Also

rvfactor, cut.

Examples

  rvcut(rvnorm(1), breaks=c(-Inf,-2,-1,0,1,2,Inf))

[Package rv version 1.0 Index]