FAQ Q7.31 strikes again!

0.89 is not a member of seq(0.6,1,by=0.01), since 0.01 cannot be represented exactly in a binary computer.

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Full_Name: Willa Chen
Version: 2.7.2
OS: Window XP
Submission from: (NULL) (128.122.182.70)




The match function does not return value properly. See an example below.


a<-seq(0.6,1,by=0.01)
match(0.88,a)
[1] 29
match(0.89,a)
[1] NA
match(0.90,a)
[1] NA
match(0.91,a)
[1] NA
match(0.92,a)
[1] NA
match(0.93,a)
[1] NA
match(0.94,a)
[1] 35

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