[R] Rounding to the nearest 5

[jim holtman]

you can also use:

round(x / 5) * 5

> for (i in 1:20) cat(round(i / 5) * 5, ' ')
0  0  5  5  5  5  5  10  10  10  10  10  15  15  15  15  15  20  20  20  >


On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM, J Chen <jiaxuan.chen at mdc-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> hope this will help
>
> for (i in 1:10) {
>    if (i%%5>2) {
>    print((i%/%5+1)*5)
>    }
>    else {
>    print((i%/%5)*5)
>    }
> }
>
> Jimmy
>
>
> Chris Li wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I want to round my values to the nearest 5.
>>
>> For example, if I have a value of 11, I want R to round it to 10.
>>
>> I have been searching for this command on the web and in the help file,
>> but I couldn't find anything useful.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>
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