Discretizes a non-factor input vector and returns the result as numeric.

discrete_by_quantile(x)

## Arguments

x A vector containing arbitrary data.

## Value

A numeric vector with the data re-coded to based on the quantiles.

## Examples

x <- rnorm(1000)
discrete_by_quantile(x)#>    [1] 3 3 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 4 4 3 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 1
#>   [38] 1 1 2 1 4 4 3 4 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 2 4 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 4 1 2
#>   [75] 1 1 3 3 1 3 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 2 4 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 2
#>  [112] 4 2 4 4 4 1 3 2 4 3 2 1 1 4 2 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 4
#>  [149] 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 1 2 3 2 3 3
#>  [186] 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 2
#>  [223] 3 4 1 4 4 1 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 1 3 4 3 4 3 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 4 4 2 1
#>  [260] 1 1 3 2 3 4 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 4 1 4 2 1
#>  [297] 3 2 1 4 1 3 2 1 3 1 4 4 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 3 4 2 4 3 3 1 4 3 1 4 4 4 3 1 4
#>  [334] 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 1 4 2 3 1 1 2
#>  [371] 2 4 3 2 4 2 4 1 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 2 4 3 1 3 4 4 1 2 3 3 1 4 3 3 2 4 1 4 4 2 2
#>  [408] 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 3
#>  [445] 1 3 2 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 4 3 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 2
#>  [482] 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 4 4 2 2
#>  [519] 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 1 4 3 4 4 3 2 4 1 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 3
#>  [556] 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 1 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 4 1 4 4 3 4 1 1 2 1 3 2 1
#>  [593] 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 1 2 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 3 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 1
#>  [630] 2 3 2 2 4 4 3 4 1 2 4 1 1 4 4 1 3 4 2 3 1 3 4 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 2
#>  [667] 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 1 2 1 4 4 3 3 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 4
#>  [704] 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 4 1 4 4 4 2 1 4
#>  [741] 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 2 2
#>  [778] 1 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 4 2
#>  [815] 4 3 4 2 1 3 3 3 1 4 1 3 3 4 2 4 1 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 1 3 4 2 1 1
#>  [852] 1 2 4 2 3 4 4 2 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1
#>  [889] 2 3 1 4 1 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 3 3 2 1 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 1 1 3 1 1 1
#>  [926] 1 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3
#>  [963] 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 1 3 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 1
#> [1000] 4#