bin_distribute: Distribute into Equal Bins

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Distribute into Equal Bins

Description

bin_distribute(x, binsize) distributes the items in x into the minimum number of bins whose sizes differ at maximum by one and do not exceed binsize. bin_distribute_sizes(count, binsize) calculates the sizes of such bins for count items.

Usage

bin_distribute(x, binsize)

bin_distribute_sizes(count, binsize)

Arguments

x	A character vector to be distributed into bins.
binsize	The maximum bin size.
count	The number of items to be binned.

Value

bin_distribute() returns a list with the sub-vectors of x. bin_distribute_sizes() returns a vector of sizes.

Author(s)

Michaja Pehl

Examples

regions <- c('CAZ', 'CHA', 'EUR', 'IND', 'JPN', 'LAM', 'MEA', 'NEU', 'OAS',
             'REF', 'SSA', 'USA', 'World')

bin_distribute(regions, 5)
bin_distribute_sizes(length(regions), 5)

bin_distribute(regions, 6)
bin_distribute_sizes(length(regions), 6)

bin_distribute(regions, 7)
bin_distribute_sizes(length(regions), 7)

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