Look at ?Comparison, especially in the "Note" section, i.e., 3 == 0.3/0.1 identical(all.equal(3, 0.3/0.1), TRUE)
Best, Dimitris ---- Dimitris Rizopoulos Ph.D. Student Biostatistical Centre School of Public Health Catholic University of Leuven Address: Kapucijnenvoer 35, Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32/16/336899 Fax: +32/16/337015 Web: http://www.med.kuleuven.be/biostat/ http://www.student.kuleuven.be/~m0390867/dimitris.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Woodhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:42 PM Subject: [R] floor() rounding problem? > Dear all, > > Could someone please explain the following perculiarity? > > > 2 == 0.2/0.1 > [1] TRUE > > 3 == 0.3/0.1 > [1] FALSE > > Similarly, > > floor(0.2/0.1) = 2 > floor(0.3/0.1) = 2 > > Thank you, > Simon > > ______________________________________________ > [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 > ______________________________________________ [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
