Re: [R] Strange integer result on Debian/amd64

2007-03-21 Thread Dave Ewart
col=mycols) > > > >Clearly, 'ncol' casts mycols as as integer. In this case, a_matrix has > >only 461 columns, not 462. > > > >What's the best way to make this work as required? > > Use round(mycols). I think we ought to do this internally: we do

Re: [R] Strange integer result on Debian/amd64

2007-03-21 Thread Dave Ewart
On Wednesday, 21.03.2007 at 09:10 +, Dave Ewart wrote: > However, the underlying problem that gave rise to the difficulty was as > follows. A colleague wishes to create a matrix, where one of the > dimensions of the matrix is the result of the 'choose' function, i.e. &g

Re: [R] Strange integer result on Debian/amd64

2007-03-21 Thread Dave Ewart
of the matrix is the result of the 'choose' function, i.e. mycols<-choose(11,6) a_matrix<-matrix(0,nrow=11,ncol=mycols) Clearly, 'ncol' casts mycols as as integer. In this case, a_matrix has only 461 columns, not 462. What's the best way to make this work as requ

[R] Strange integer result on Debian/amd64

2007-03-20 Thread Dave Ewart
suggestions/appreciated! Dave. -- Dave Ewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing Manager, Cancer Epidemiology Unit Cancer Research UK / Oxford University PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 Get key from http://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/~davee/davee-ceu-ox-ac-uk.asc N 51.7518, W 1.2016 sign