chop: Chop a continuous variable into a categorical variable.

In hadley/ggplot1: Before there was ggplot2

Chop a continuous variable into a categorical variable.

Description

Chop provides a convenient interface to the main methods of converting a continuous variable into a categorical variable.

Usage

chop(x, n = 5, method = "quantiles", midpoint = 0, digits = 2)

Arguments

x	continuous variable to chop into pieces
n	number of bins to chop into
method	method to use: quantiles (approximately equal numbers), cut (equal lengths) or pretty
midpoint	mid point for diverging factors
digits	number of digits to show in labels

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