bug or feature? (PR#4150)

Hi Axel,

You may wish to consult the man page for the '==' operator and the
'identical' function.

identical(1, "1")

[1] FALSE

? "=="
? identical

And probably your notion of a "bug" is too wide: please have a look at the
section "R Bugs", 9.1 in the R FAQ.

Best regards
   Wolfgang

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Wolfgang Huber
Division of Molecular Genome Analysis
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany
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Full_Name: Axel Benz
Version: 1.7.1
OS: Windows
Submission from: (NULL) (137.251.33.43)


This feature seems to be a basic bug:

1=="1"

[1] TRUE

as.numeric(1)=="1"

[1] TRUE

as.numeric(1)==as.character("1")

[1] TRUE

isn't it necessary to distinguish beteen numbers and characters??

Best Regards,
Axel

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