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qqplot <- function(x, y, plot.it = TRUE, xlab = deparse(substitute(x)),
           ylab = deparse(substitute(y)), ...)
{
    sx <- sort(x)
    sy <- sort(y)
    lenx <- length(sx)
    leny <- length(sy)
    if( leny < lenx )
    sx <- approx(1L:lenx, sx, n = leny)$y
    if( leny > lenx )
    sy <- approx(1L:leny, sy, n = lenx)$y
    if(plot.it)
    plot(sx, sy, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab, ...)
    invisible(list(x = sx, y = sy))
}