[R] Does R have an "inverse empirical cumulative distribution" function ?

[Peter Dalgaard]

tolga.i.uzuner at jpmorgan.com wrote:
> Dear R Users,
>
> Does R have an "inverse empirical cumulative distribution" function, 
> something one can use to invert ecdf ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tolga
>   
quantile(...., type=1)

(Actually you can't invert a piecewise constant function...)

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