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Date: 2021-01-11T07:38:17Z
From: Jeff Newmiller
Subject: log of small values in R
In-Reply-To: <CAGR+MS7n24pe05-XVPA2-of=43PzcS+NU5ANAqcbA-YRQ33ZUA@mail.gmail.com>
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On January 10, 2021 12:53:14 AM PST, Shaami <nzshaam at gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear Friends I am facing the problem of log values in R. The
>log(1-0.99999999999999999) is giving -Inf while log(1e-18) gives finite
>answer. Any suggestion to deal with this problem? Thank you
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