By the way: Are there difference between -0 and 0?
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Gerlanc, Daniel < daniel.gerl...@geodecapital.com> wrote: > b/c > > class(0) > [1] "numeric" > > > typeof(0) > [1] "double" > > > class(0L) > [1] "integer" > > > typeof(0L) > [1] "integer" > > When you call the ":" function it always returns an integer sequence, > but when you assign a numeric to an element of the vector it gets > coerced to the more general type, in this case, numeric. > > Note that "is.numeric" returns TRUE for both is.numeric(0) and > is.numeric(0L). > > > > Daniel Gerlanc > Associate Analyst > Geode Capital Management > 1 Post Office Sq, Floor 28 > Boston, MA 02109 > daniel.gerl...@geodecapital.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
