On 10-04-2012, at 15:54, Alexander wrote: > I am working under R2.11.1 Windows and I was wondering why there is a > difference between > > seq.int(0,1,by=0.1)[4]-0.3 > seq.int(0,1,length.out=11)[4]-0.3 > > there is also the fact that > > seq(0,1,by=0.1)[4]-0.3 > seq(0,1,length.out=11)[4]-0.3 > > but I think this can be explained by floating precision...
R FAQ: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html 7.31 Why doesn't R think these numbers are equal? Berend ______________________________________________ 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.
