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.c...@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 >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Rounding-to-the-nearest-5-tp25463367p25463805.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.