But this has nothing to do with 7.31 and everything to do with operator precedence and automatic casting from integers to logical and vice-versa.
I also think it fair to say that all (??) languages have these sorts of malapropisms due to operator precedence. -- Bert On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Charles Berry <ccbe...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > The subject line is TRUE. > > Today I accidentally typed rnorm(!0). > > My old eyes took a minute to focus clearly enough to see what I really > typed and > why I got '!0' random numbers instead of '10' random normal numbers. > > If the subject line is disturbing, be assured that this is TRUE: > > !0^2 == !0 * !0 # ;-) > > Anyway, I hope the hands who have been around long enough to know FAQ 7.31 > by > heart and know why precedence of operators matters have a laugh. > > Best, > > Chuck > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
