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Entire part of number

6 messages · Barbara.Rogo at uniroma1.it, Gerrit Eichner, Rolf Turner +2 more

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If "entire" refers to "integer" take a look at

?trunc


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On 19/04/11 21:30, Barbara.Rogo at uniroma1.it wrote:
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but perhaps you want "floor()".

     cheers,

         Rolf Turner
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By the way, is there any difference between trunc() and floor()?

x <- c(1.05, 1.95, 2.5, 3.51)
trunc(x)
[1] 1 1 2 3
floor(x)
[1] 1 1 2 3
identical(trunc(x), floor(x))

Ivan



Le 4/19/2011 11:46, Rolf Turner a ?crit :

  
    
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trunc(-1.5)
  # [1] -1
  floor(-1.5)
  # [1] -2

Ted.
On 19-Apr-11 09:57:43, Ivan Calandra wrote:
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Nice example, I forgot about negative numbers...
Thanks
Ivan

Le 4/19/2011 12:17, (Ted Harding) a ?crit :