[R] Trying to understand cut

[John Sorkin]

I am trying to understand cut so I can divide a list of numbers into 10 group:
  0-9.0
10-10.9
20-20.9
30-30.9,
40-40.9,
50-50.9
60-60.9
70-70.9
80-80.9
90-90.9
 
As I try to do this, I have been playing with the cut function. Surprising the following for applications of cut give me the exact same groups. This surprises me given that I have varied parameters include.lowest and right. Can someone help me understand what include.lowest and right do? I have looked at the help page, but I don't seem to understand what I am being told!
Thank you,
John

values <- c((0:99),c(0.9:99.9))
sort(values)
c1<-cut(values,10,include.lowest=FALSE,right=TRUE)
c2<-cut(values,10,include.lowest=FALSE,right=FALSE)
c3<-cut(values,10,include.lowest=TRUE,right=TRUE)
c4<-cut(values,10,include.lowest=TRUE,right=FALSE)
cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c1),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c1),max))
cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c2),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c2),max))
cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c3),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c3),max))
cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c4),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c4),max))

You can run the code below, or inspect the results I got which are reproduced below:
 
> cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c1),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c1),max))
      min.Group.1 min.x    max.Group.1 max.x
1  (-0.0999,9.91]     0 (-0.0999,9.91]   9.9
2     (9.91,19.9]    10    (9.91,19.9]  19.9
3     (19.9,29.9]    20    (19.9,29.9]  29.9
4     (29.9,39.9]    30    (29.9,39.9]  39.9
5       (39.9,50]    40      (39.9,50]  49.9
6         (50,60]    50        (50,60]  59.9
7         (60,70]    60        (60,70]  69.9
8         (70,80]    70        (70,80]  79.9
9         (80,90]    80        (80,90]  89.9
10       (90,100]    90       (90,100]  99.9
> cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c2),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c2),max))
      min.Group.1 min.x    max.Group.1 max.x
1  [-0.0999,9.91)     0 [-0.0999,9.91)   9.9
2     [9.91,19.9)    10    [9.91,19.9)  19.9
3     [19.9,29.9)    20    [19.9,29.9)  29.9
4     [29.9,39.9)    30    [29.9,39.9)  39.9
5       [39.9,50)    40      [39.9,50)  49.9
6         [50,60)    50        [50,60)  59.9
7         [60,70)    60        [60,70)  69.9
8         [70,80)    70        [70,80)  79.9
9         [80,90)    80        [80,90)  89.9
10       [90,100)    90       [90,100)  99.9
> cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c3),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c3),max))
      min.Group.1 min.x    max.Group.1 max.x
1  [-0.0999,9.91]     0 [-0.0999,9.91]   9.9
2     (9.91,19.9]    10    (9.91,19.9]  19.9
3     (19.9,29.9]    20    (19.9,29.9]  29.9
4     (29.9,39.9]    30    (29.9,39.9]  39.9
5       (39.9,50]    40      (39.9,50]  49.9
6         (50,60]    50        (50,60]  59.9
7         (60,70]    60        (60,70]  69.9
8         (70,80]    70        (70,80]  79.9
9         (80,90]    80        (80,90]  89.9
10       (90,100]    90       (90,100]  99.9
> cbind(min=aggregate(values,list(c4),min),max=aggregate(values,list(c4),max))
      min.Group.1 min.x    max.Group.1 max.x
1  [-0.0999,9.91)     0 [-0.0999,9.91)   9.9
2     [9.91,19.9)    10    [9.91,19.9)  19.9
3     [19.9,29.9)    20    [19.9,29.9)  29.9
4     [29.9,39.9)    30    [29.9,39.9)  39.9
5       [39.9,50)    40      [39.9,50)  49.9
6         [50,60)    50        [50,60)  59.9
7         [60,70)    60        [60,70)  69.9
8         [70,80)    70        [70,80)  79.9
9         [80,90)    80        [80,90)  89.9
10       [90,100]    90       [90,100]  99.9
John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
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