

   SSaammppllee QQuuaannttiilleess

        quantile(x, probs=seq(0, 1, 0.25), na.rm=FALSE)

   DDeessccrriippttiioonn::

        The generic function `quantile' produces sample quan-
        tiles corresponding to the given probabilities.  The
        smallest observation corresponds to a probability of 0
        and the largest to a probability of 1.

   EExxaammpplleess::

        quantile(x <- rnorm(1000))# Extremes & Quartiles by default
        quantile(x,  probs=c(.1,.5,1,2,5,10,50)/100)

