> nuclear <- c(7, 20, 16, 6, 58, 9, 20, 50, 23, 33, 8, 10, 15, 16, 104)
> quantile(nuclear)
   0%   25%   50%   75%  100%
  6.0   9.5  16.0  28.0 104.0

quart <- function(x) {
  x <- sort(x)
  n <- length(x)
  m <- (n+1)/2
  if (floor(m) != m) {
    l <- m-1/2; u <- m+1/2
  } else {
    l <- m-1; u <- m+1
  }
  c(Q1=median(x[1:l]), Q3=median(x[u:n]))
}

Q1 Q3
 9 33

y <- matrix(NA, 2, 10)
rownames(y) <- c("Q1", "Q3")
colnames(y) <- c(1:9, "Quart")
for (n in 3:5) {
  j <- 1
  for (i in 1:9) {
    y[, i] <- quantile(1:n, probs=c(1/4, 3/4), type=i)
  }
  y[, 10] <- quart(1:n)
  cat("n", n, ":n")
  print(y, digits=2)
}