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Message-ID: <4264C1D4.6030307@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: 2005-04-19T08:31:16Z
From: Uwe Ligges
Subject: Difference
In-Reply-To: <4264BF02.5080808@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de>

Ralf Strobl wrote:

> Dear List,
> can anyone explain me this result (Windows XP, R 2.0.1):
> 
>  > (0.2-0.1)==0.1
> [1] TRUE
>  > (0.3-0.2)==0.1
> [1] FALSE


Welcome to the world of numerics on digital computers!

   all.equal(0.3 - 0.2, 0.1)


Uwe Ligges


> Regards,
> Ralf Strobl
> 
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