"McGehee, Robert" <Robert.McGehee@geodecapital.com> writes:
Yes, but from ?"%%": "It is guaranteed that 'x == (x %% y) + y * (x %/% y)' (up to rounding error) ..." (R 2.1.0)
x <- 1 y <- 0.2 x %% y
[1] 0.2
(x %% y) + y * (x %/% y)
[1] 1.2 Certainly 1 does not equal 1.2 as the documentation would suggest, and these seem like large enough numbers to not be effected by rounding errors or lack of precision.
Now that looks a bit odd, but it isn't universal:
x <- 1 y <- 0.2 x %% y
[1] 0.2
x %/% y
[1] 4
(x %% y) + y * (x %/% y)
[1] 1 So what platform was that happening on?
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