Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> Here "numeric vector" is being used in the R-specific technical sense as
> a vector of double precision values, so the documentor was trying hard
> to be precise. The problem is that English also admits the
> interpretation in a non-technical sense as a vector of numbers. I
> believe your country is to blame for the language. :-)
But can "numeric vector" in the "R-specific technical sense" also mean
a vector of integer (representation) values? It passes is.numeric() and
is.vector():
> x=1:3
> is.numeric(x)
[1] TRUE
> is.vector(x)
[1] TRUE
> is.integer(x)
[1] TRUE
Unless by the "R-specific technical sense of 'numeric vector'" you
dont mean something for which is.numeric() and is.vector() are both
true. Which is perverse. But then large chunks of R are. Anyway, is this
right:
is.RSpecificTechnicalSenseNumericVector=function(v){is.numeric(v) &
is.double(v)}
Barry
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