Maria N Kocherginsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I've encountered the following: > > > n_500 > > tau_.95 > > (n*(1-tau)) > [1] 25 > > (n*(1-tau))<=25 > [1] FALSE > > (n*(1-tau))==25 > [1] FALSE > > I'm using UNIX R Version 1.4.0, and also tested in out in Windows 1.6.0. Is > this a bug?
No. Can 1/20 be represented exactly as a binary number? >500*(1-tau)-25 [1] 2.131628e-14 -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
