• Stewart "Arturius" Campbell - Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:05 AM

    That is a really strange way to cut data.
    Interesting question, thanks Steve.

    Strange is a lot gentler than I was coming up with. I have read and reread that link and it makes no sense to me what is going on there. The output to me make absolutely no sense I don't get the meaning of Steve's comment..."pad the spaces a bit to ensure all values fall into the buckets it has created.".

    Can somebody explain in a way that makes sense?

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