n></code> are treated "as
            if" they are continuous functions, but in reality the results returned
            from these functions only have meaning if an integer value is provided
            for the random variate argument.
          </p>
<p>
            The quantile function will by default return an integer result that has
            been <span class="emphasis"><em>rounded outwards</em></span>. That is to say lower quantiles
            (where the probability is less than 0.5) are rounded do