floor() rounding problem?
Look at ?Comparison, especially in the "Note" section, i.e., 3 == 0.3/0.1 identical(all.equal(3, 0.3/0.1), TRUE) Best, Dimitris ---- Dimitris Rizopoulos Ph.D. Student Biostatistical Centre School of Public Health Catholic University of Leuven Address: Kapucijnenvoer 35, Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32/16/336899 Fax: +32/16/337015 Web: http://www.med.kuleuven.be/biostat/ http://www.student.kuleuven.be/~m0390867/dimitris.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Woodhead" <simon.woodhead at bristol.ac.uk> To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:42 PM Subject: [R] floor() rounding problem?
Dear all, Could someone please explain the following perculiarity?
2 == 0.2/0.1
[1] TRUE
3 == 0.3/0.1
[1] FALSE Similarly, floor(0.2/0.1) = 2 floor(0.3/0.1) = 2 Thank you, Simon
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