On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:56:49 -0000 (GMT), (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
>Further investigation indicates that there is an integer truncation >problem with 'choose': > > > print(choose(60000000000,1),digits=20) > [1] 60001679906.00000 > > print(my.choose3(60000000000,1),digits=20) > [1] 6e+10 Are you sure you're using the standard R choose()? I get different results from you: > print(choose(60000000000,1),digits=20) [1] 6e+10 What platform are you using? I did this is Windows R 2.0.0, and get the same result in the beta of 2.0.1. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
