

   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::

        `quantile' produces sample quantiles corresponding to
        the given probabilities.  The smallest observation cor-
        responds 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)

