The result is correct. The representation of 2.3 is slightly less than 2.3: non-binary fractions cannot be represented exactly.
> 2.3*100 - 230 [1] -2.842171e-14 On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Claudio > Version: 2.5.1 > OS: windows > Submission from: (NULL) (157.138.120.198) > > > the command get a wrong result > >> trunc(2.3*100) > 229 > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
