On Wed, 25 May 2005, Omar Lakkis wrote: ?all.equal, I think
> I have prices that I am finding difficult to compare with ==, > and >, > due to precision. For example: the numbers should match, with '==', > but they differ in the magnitude of 1e-14 due to bunch of calculations > that I run on them. Programming with java, I am used to implementing a > function that compares the difference between the numbers to a pre > determined precision factor. This could be very slow when I have two > matrices of numbers that I could otherwise compare with a simple '==', > '>' or '<' in R. > What is teh best solution for this problem? > Can I control the precision of ==, > and < without having to > reimplement the operations in a slow way? > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Roger Bivand Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html