[Rd] Add on argument in seq()

[Gabriel Becker]

Millot,

I think the problem with that is that what you propose isn't a sequence
starting  at from in any meaningful way, and thus does not satisfy the
contract of the seq function.

Best,
~G
On Jun 15, 2015 7:12 AM, "Millot Gael" <Gael.Millot at curie.fr> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I have a problem with the default behavior of seq(), which gives the
> argument "from" when the argument length.out = 1.
> This behavior is annoying when the number of value determine in length.out
> is not predictable.
> Would it be possible to add an argument that propose the median/mean, i.e.
> (from + to) / 2 when  length.out = 1 ? Examples:
> > seq(from = 1, to =  11, length.out=1) # current method gives "from"
> 1
>
> > seq(from = 1, to =  11, length.out=1) # alternative method gives the
> intermediate value of "from" and "to"
> 6
>
> Many thanks for your help.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Gael Millot.
>
>
> Gael Millot
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