It means to interpret the literal as an integer rather than a double. Michael
On Mar 5, 2012, at 9:41 AM, ikuzar <raz...@hotmail.fr> wrote: > Hi, > I'd like to know what "L" means in "1L" in the instruction below: > for(i in 1:20){ z$mday <- z$mday + 1L ; cat(is.na(z), ": ");print(z)} > > The result : > FALSE : [1] "2009-02-26 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-02-27 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-02-28 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-01 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-02 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-03 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-04 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-05 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-06 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-07 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-08 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-09 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-10 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-11 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-12 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-13 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-14 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-15 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-16 06:30:00" > FALSE : [1] "2009-03-17 06:30:00" > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/strange-behaviour-of-POSIXlt-POSIXt-object-tp4418115p4446305.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.