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\name{extendrange}
\alias{extendrange}
\title{Extend a Numerical Range by a Small Percentage}
\description{
  Extends a numerical range by a small percentage, i.e., fraction,
  \emph{on both sides}.
}
\usage{
extendrange(x, r = range(x, na.rm = TRUE), f = 0.05)
}
\arguments{
  \item{x}{numeric vector; not used if \code{r} is specified.}
  \item{r}{numeric vector of length 2; defaults to the
    \code{\link{range}} of \code{x}.}
  \item{f}{number specifying the fraction by which the range should be
    extended.}
}
\seealso{\code{\link{range}}; \code{\link{pretty}} which can be
  considered a sophisticated extension of \code{extendrange}.
}
\value{
  numeric vector of length 2, \dQuote{\code{r} extended},
  namely simply \code{r + c(-f,f) * diff(r)}.
}
\examples{
x <- 1:5
(r <- range(x))         # 1    5
extendrange(x)          # 0.8  5.2
extendrange(x, f= 0.01) # 0.96 5.04
## Use 'r' if you have it already:
stopifnot(identical(extendrange(r=r),
                    extendrange(x)))
}
\keyword{dplot}