On 28-May-03 Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> Oh, why not just go one step further, and redefine the == operator!
>
> "==" <- function(x,y){equal.enough(x,y)}
>
> before:
> > (.1+.2)==.3
> [1] FALSE
>
> after:
> > (.1+.2)==.3
> [1] TRUE
>
> This requires a slight modification to equal.enough, which I will not
> list here, so that people dont _actually_ do this. It just ensures that
> equal.enough doesn't go all infinitely recursive on us.
>
> Next time on useless R tips: 1 + 1 = 3
At which point I am unable to resist quoting:
"2 plus 2 is never equal to 5 -- even for large values of 2".
Ted.
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