spreadout {clinsig}

Spread numeric values out to a minimum spacing.

Description

Spreads a vector of numeric values out by increasing any intervals smaller than ‘⁠mindist⁠’.

Usage

 spreadout(x,mindist)

Arguments

x

A numeric vector that may contain NAs.

mindist

The minimum interval allowed in the output.

Details

‘⁠spreadout⁠’ orders the vector ‘⁠x⁠’ and begins at the middle, increasing any intervals between values to ‘⁠mindist⁠’. The function is designed to avoid crowding of labels on a plot, but may have other uses.

Value

New values with a minimum interval of ‘⁠mindist⁠’. NAs are preserved.

Author(s)

Jim Lemon