[R] "rounding" to a number that is LOWER than my number

[Dimitri Liakhovitski]

Thanks a lot, guys - very helpful!

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Bert Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
> This is easy to do (e.g. divide by the appropriate power of 10, use floor,
> multiply the power of 10), but you are going about it in the wrong way.
>
> See the "xaxs"  component of the ?par  argument list for the right way.
>
> -- Bert
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Dimitri Liakhovitski
> <dimitri.liakhovitski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> What function would allow me to "round" down, rather than up?
>> For example, x<-1.98
>> I'd like to get 1.9 - rather than 2.0.
>>
>> Reason - I am creating a minimum for an axis for a plot, and I need it
>> to be lower than x (which, in turn, is the lowest number already).
>> Thank you!
>>
>> --
>> Dimitri Liakhovitski
>> marketfusionanalytics.com
>>
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> Bert Gunter
> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics
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-- 
Dimitri Liakhovitski
marketfusionanalytics.com