R: Extend a Numerical Range by a Small Percentage

extendrange {grDevices} | R Documentation

## Extend a Numerical Range by a Small Percentage

### Description

Extends a numerical range by a small percentage, i.e., fraction, on both sides.

### Usage

    extendrange(x, r = range(x, na.rm = TRUE), f = 0.05)

### Arguments

`x` | numeric vector; not used if `r` is specified.
`r` | numeric vector of length 2; defaults to the `range` of `x`.
`f` | number specifying the fraction by which the range should be extended.

### Value

A numeric vector of length 2, `r + c(-f,f) * diff(r)`.

### See Also

`range`; `pretty` which can be considered a sophisticated extension of `extendrange`.

### Examples

    x <- 1:5
    (r <- range(x))         # 1    5
    extendrange(x)          # 0.8  5.2
    extendrange(x, f= 0.01) # 0.96 5.04
    ## Use 'r' if you have it already:
    stopifnot(identical(extendrange(r=r),
                        extendrange(x)))

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