Duncan 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 Dennis Fisher MD P < (The "P Less Than" Company) Phone: 1-415-307-4791 www.PLessThan.com > On Jun 25, 2025, at 11:11 AM, Dennis Fisher <fis...@plessthan.com> wrote: > > Version 4.4.2 > OS X > > 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. > > 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 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.