> there is no such thing as an "R lib". > Do you mean "R package"?
Yes. I usually refer to them R packages as as libraries, hence the use of lib. Regards. Stephen. > In any case, not it is not (yet). > As David clearly says (a few lines below), it is a 'f90' > library; which means it's "fortran 90" source code that you can > compile and then use. > > I've tried with gfortran (the latest avaiable on debian amd64 > sid) and it quickly ended in a compiler (!) error. > > S> if so which version? How/where can I download it? > > Netlib has all the TOMS (= Transactions Of Mathematical Software) > algorithms. Look for '814'. > > Regards, > Martin > > S> ----- Original Message ----- > S> From: David Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > S> Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:46 am > S> Subject: [R] exact values for p-values > > >> > This is obtained from F =39540 with df1 = 1, df2 = 7025. > >> > Suppose am interested in exact value such as > >> > > >> > >> If it were really necessary, you would have to move to multiple > >> precision. The gmp R package doesn't seem to yet cover > this, but > >> FMLIB(TOMS814, DM Smith) is a multiple precision f90 > library that > S> does > >> include the incomplete beta -- it allows one to say for > >> F(1,7025)=39540,P=6.31E-2886 (evaluated using 200 sign. > digit > >> arithmetic). Results from > >> R's pf() agree quite closely with the FMLIB results for > less > >> extreme values > >> eg > >> > print(pf(1500,1,7025,lower=FALSE), digits=20) > >> [1] 1.3702710894887480597e-297 > >> > >> cf > 1.37027108948832580215549799419452388134616261215463681945E-297 > >> > >> > >> | David Duffy (MBBS PhD) > ,- > S> _|\ > >> | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: INT+61+7+3362-0217 fax: - > 0101 / > >> * > >> | Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical > Research > >> \_,-._/ > >> | 300 Herston Rd, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia GPG > >> 4D0B994A v > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R- > project.org/posting- > >> guide.html > > S> ______________________________________________ > S> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > S> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > S> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R- > project.org/posting-guide.html > > > S> !DSPAM:42d4da2c52151994935952! > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html