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R-alpha: comparing alpha and numeric

2 messages · Ben Bolker, Thomas Lumley

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Ben Bolker
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Is this behavior correct? (R 0.49 on SunOS 4.1.4)
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE

 (I know, this is like the old joke: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
"Well, don't do that!"  But it might be useful to have this caught by an
error or warning message ...)

Benjamin Bolker          Dep't of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
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Thomas Lumley
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On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Ben Bolker wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
<etc> 

It gets worse

            

      
      
      
    

        
[1] FALSE

            

      
      
      
    

        
[1] TRUE

            

      
      
      
    

        
[1] FALSE

            

      
      
      
    

        
[1] TRUE
all well and good, and perhaps even useful, but

            

      
      
      
    

        
[1] TRUE
Ouch.

Thomas Lumley
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