Hi, zeros is output from fractions()
>zeros [1] -2 -2/5 1 4/3 >abs(zeros) [1] -2 -2/5 1 4/3 >is.numeric(zeros) [1] TRUE >abs(zeros[1]) [1] -2 >as.numeric(zeros) [1] -2.000000 -0.400000 1.000000 1.333333 >abs(as.numeric(zeros)) [1] 2.000000 0.400000 1.000000 1.333333 >version _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 1 minor 7.1 year 2003 month 06 day 16 language R graham lawrence ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel