On Mar 3, 2011, at 8:23 PM, Folkes, Michael wrote:
Perhaps somebody could clarify for me if the following is a floating
point matter or otherwise, and how am I to correct for it?
floor(100*.1)
[1] 10
100*(1.0-.9)
[1] 10
floor(100*(1-0.9))
[1] 9
Yes. It's a "floating point matter". What do you mean by "correct for
it"? What result would be "correct"?
David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT
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