2015-08-13 8:39 GMT-05:00 Hadley Wickham <h.wick...@gmail.com>: > x <- "\u0663" > y <- 3 > > x == y > # FALSE > rank(c(x, y)) > # c(1.5, 1.5) >
also interesting, and confusing to me: > x == y [1] FALSE > x > y [1] FALSE > x < y [1] FALSE > With some slight changes: > x <- "\u0663" > y <- "3" > xy <- c(x,y) > rank(xy); [1] 1.5 1.5 > Sys.getlocale(); [1] "LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C" > Sys.setlocale(category="LC_COLLATE", locale="C"); [1] "C" > rank(xy); [1] 2 1 > > -- > http://had.co.nz/ > > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel