seq(0.1, 0.9 - 0.8, by = 0.1) gives the following error message: Error in seq.default(0.1, 0.9 - 0.8, by = 0.1) : wrong sign in 'by' argument
but seq(0.1, 0.8 - 0.7, by = 0.1) gives [1] 0.1 (no error message) Why do I get an error message in the first case? Han > sessionInfo() R version 2.2.1, 2005-12-20, i386-pc-mingw32 attached base packages: [1] "methods" "stats" "graphics" "grDevices" "utils" "datasets" [7] "base" (NB I also tried version 2.3.1 and got the same result - both versions are precompiled) > Sys.getlocale() [1] "LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252" -------------------- This email message is for the sole use of the intended recip...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.