Scale weights — scale_weights • gpindex

Scale a vector of weights so that they sum to 1.

Usage

scale_weights(x)

Arguments

x: A strictly positive numeric vector.

Value

A numeric vector that sums to 1. If there are NAs in x then the result sums 1 to if these values are removed.

See also

grouped() to make this function applicable to grouped data.

Other weights functions: factor_weights(), transmute_weights()

Examples

scale_weights(1:5)
#> [1] 0.06666667 0.13333333 0.20000000 0.26666667 0.33333333

scale_weights(c(1:5, NA))
#> [1] 0.06666667 0.13333333 0.20000000 0.26666667 0.33333333         NA