Trying to make the fastest referal to FAQ 7.31 is becoming quite a sport around here. David beat us all to it on this round. Chances are there will be many more rounds to come.
Best, Wolfgang ----Original Message---- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jorge Ivan Velez Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 20:42 To: cory n Cc: R mailing list Subject: Re: [R] sample() issue > Hi Cory, > > Check out > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-doesn_0027t-R-think-these-numbers-are-equal_003f > > HTH, > Jorge > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:04 PM, cory n <> wrote: > >>> length(sample(25000, 25000*(1-.55))) >> [1] 11249 >> >>> 25000*(1-.55) >> [1] 11250 >> >>> length(sample(25000, 11250)) >> [1] 11250 >> >>> length(sample(25000, 25000*.45)) >> [1] 11250 >> >> So the question is, why do I get 11249 out of the first command and not >> 11250? I can't figure this one out. >> >> Thanks >> >> Cory ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
