hist: rel.freqs

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Philippe Lambert <plambert@ulg.ac.be> writes:

> 
> In R0.61,
> 
> In hist(), should the line
>   rel.freqs <- counts/(sum(x) * diff(breaks))
> computing the relative frequencies or height of the rectangles 
> in a histogram not be
>   rel.freqs <- counts/(sum(counts) * diff(breaks))
> instead, or do I misunderstand something?

Oops. You're right. Total area should be 1, not mean(x). Current code
mus give funny results if the mean is negative...

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