Fear
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Subject: Re: [R] Numbers that look equal, should be equal, but if()
doesn'tsee as equal (repost with code included)
Next time on useless R tips: 1 + 1 = 3
Barry
Simon Fear
Senior Statistician
Syne qua non Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 1379 69
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Try the following function (the name is supposed to be a joke, by the
way),
which will also do the right thing with NAs and characters. Use it as
if(equal.enough(x,y)) rather than if(x==y), e.g.
> equal.enough(0.1+0.2, 0.3)
[1] TRUE
My default of 15 significant figures may be overkill in many
app
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Paul Lemmens wrote:
> Hoi Thomas,
>
> --On woensdag 28 mei 2003 7:16 -0700 Thomas Lumley
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 28 May 2003, Paul Lemmens wrote:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> Apologies for sending the mail without any code. Apparently somewhere
> >> along the w
Hoi Thomas,
--On woensdag 28 mei 2003 7:16 -0700 Thomas Lumley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Paul Lemmens wrote:
Hi!
Apologies for sending the mail without any code. Apparently somewhere
along the way the .R attachments got filtered out. I have included the
code below as clea
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Paul Lemmens wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Apologies for sending the mail without any code. Apparently somewhere along
> the way the .R attachments got filtered out. I have included the code below
> as clean as possible. My original mail is below the code.
I still think you need not to be
