I was working on a teaching example, but came across this weird result: > q<-c(1.6,2.6, -3.4) > q [1] 1.6 2.6 -3.4 > sum(q) [1] 0.8 > sum(q)- 0.8 [1] 2.22044605e-16
Why is the result not precisely zero? Thanks! AT ______________________________________________ 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.
