[R] Does this exist: diff(range(VAR, na.rm=T))

[Ben Bolker]

   See also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8066062/190277, 
https://stackoverflow.com/a/8066457/190277

  (answers to a question about "Proposing feature requests to the R Core 
Team")

On 2025-06-25 3:12 p.m., Dennis Fisher wrote:
> Duncan
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> That would certainly be a possibility but it seems to me that this is sufficiently simple to add to base R.  If it is in a package, users would need to install the package.
> 
> Dennis
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> Dennis Fisher MD
> P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
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>> On Jun 25, 2025, at 11:11 AM, Dennis Fisher <fisher using plessthan.com> wrote:
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>> Version 4.4.2
>> OS X
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>> Colleagues
>>
>> I often need to determine the span of the x-variable in a graphic.
>>
>> This is easy to determine with:
>> 	diff(range(VAR, na.rm=T))
>>
>> I am not aware of any function in base R that accomplishes this and “span” is not taken.
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>> Would it be possible to add such a function?  Not a major addition but often useful.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> Dennis Fisher MD
>> P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
>> Phone: 1-415-307-4791
>> www.PLessThan.com
>>
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