FAQ 7.31 0.2 is slightly larger than 1/5, and 1-0.8 is slightly smaller. The argument to numeric has to be an integer, so fractions are discarded. This behavior is not unique to R. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On April 27, 2016 8:29:13 PM GMT+01:00, Scott Rifkin <sarif...@ucsd.edu> wrote: >Why does: > > > numeric(0.2*25) > >return > >[1] 0 0 0 0 0 > >but > > > numeric((1-0.8)*25) > >returns > >[1] 0 0 0 0 > >[running version 3.2.0] > > >[Apologies if this has been asked before - it's a hard question to find > >specific search terms for] > >Thanks, >Scott > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
