truncate: Truncate a vector.

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Truncate a vector.

Description

Truncate a vector at prob and 1 - prob. Extreme values are turned in NA values.

Usage

truncate(x, prob = 0.01, p_low = prob, p_high = 1 - prob)

Arguments

x	A vector to be winsorized
prob	Level (two-sided) for winsorization (e.g., 0.01 gives 1% and 99%)
p_low	Optional lower level for winsorization (e.g., 0.01 gives 1%)
p_high	Optional upper level for winsorization (e.g., 0.99 gives 99%)

Value

vector

Examples

trunced <- truncate(1:100, prob = 0.05)
min(trunced, na.rm = TRUE)
max(trunced, na.rm = TRUE)

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