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version 0.6-3
version 0.6-3
Tip revision: 7145574
mode.Rd
\name{mode}
\alias{mode}
\title{
Mode function (Matlab style)
}
\description{
Most frequent value in vector or matrix
}
\usage{
mode(x)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{Real or complex vector or of factor levels.}
}
\details{
Computes the `sample mode', i.e. the most frequently occurring value in x.
Among values occurring equally frequently, \code{mode()} chooses the
smallest one (for a numeric vector), one with a smallest absolute value
(for complex ones) or the first occurring value (for factor levels).
A matrix will be changed to a vector.
}
\value{
One element from x and of the same type. The number of occurrences will
not be returned.
}
\note{
In Matlab/Octave an array dimension can be selected along which to find
the mode value; this has not been realized here.
Shadows the R function \code{mode} that returns essentially the type
of an object.
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{median}}
}
\examples{
x <- round(rnorm(1000), 2)
mode(x)
}
\keyword{ manip }