R Error in cut.default : ‘breaks’ are not unique (2 Examples)
This article illustrates how to deal with the “Error in cut.default : ‘breaks’ are not unique” in R.
Construction of Example Data
data(iris) # Loading example data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa |
data(iris) # Loading example data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
Example 1: Replicating the Error Message in cut.default : ‘breaks’ are not unique
cut(iris$Sepal.Length, breaks = c(- Inf, 3, 3, 5, Inf)) # Non-unique breaks # Error in cut.default(x, breaks = c(0, 1, 1, 2, 10)) : # 'breaks' are not unique |
cut(iris$Sepal.Length, breaks = c(- Inf, 3, 3, 5, Inf)) # Non-unique breaks # Error in cut.default(x, breaks = c(0, 1, 1, 2, 10)) : # 'breaks' are not unique
Example 2: Solving the Error Message in cut.default : ‘breaks’ are not unique
cut(iris$Sepal.Length, breaks = c(- Inf, 3, 5, Inf)) # Unique breaks # [1] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] # [9] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [17] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] # [25] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] # [33] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] # [41] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] # [49] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [57] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [65] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [73] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [81] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [89] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [97] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [105] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [113] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [121] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [129] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [137] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [145] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # Levels: (-Inf,3] (3,5] (5, Inf] |
cut(iris$Sepal.Length, breaks = c(- Inf, 3, 5, Inf)) # Unique breaks # [1] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] # [9] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [17] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] # [25] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] # [33] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] # [41] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (3,5] # [49] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [57] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [65] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [73] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [81] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [89] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [97] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [105] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (3,5] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [113] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [121] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [129] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [137] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # [145] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] (5, Inf] # Levels: (-Inf,3] (3,5] (5, Inf]
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