I was just trying to say that Ole might know the technical difference between "NULL" and "ZERO", but it seemed to be rather a linguistic confusion... BTW. the subject contains "null", but the body of the mail correctly states "zero" :-)
2012/7/12 Patrick Connolly <p_conno...@slingshot.co.nz> > On Tue, 10-Jul-2012 at 11:19PM +0200, Erdal Karaca wrote: > > |> german "Null" == english "zero" :-) > > German "Gift" == English "poison" :-( > > > > > > > > |> > |> 2012/7/10 Rolf Turner <rolf.tur...@xtra.co.nz> > |> > |> > > |> > > |> > In addition to taking cognisance of Richard Heiberger's reply you > |> > should also learn to distinguish between the concept of "null" and > |> > "zero". They are not at all the same thing. > |> > > |> > cheers, > |> > > |> > Rolf Turner > |> > > |> > > |> > On 11/07/12 08:17, ollestrat wrote: > |> > > |> >> Hello, > |> >> > |> >> I fear its a stupid question,..but here it is: > |> >> > |> >> If I do this simple calculation with the R console, I surprisingly > do not > |> >> get a zero. Why? > |> >> > |> >> -1.1-0.1+1.2 > |> >> [1] -2.220446e-16 > |> >> > |> >> > |> >> greetings, Ole > |> >> > |> > > |> > ______________________________________________ > |> > 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. > |> > > |> > |> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > |> > |> ______________________________________________ > |> 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. > > -- > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. > ___ Patrick Connolly > {~._.~} Great minds discuss ideas > _( Y )_ Average minds discuss events > (:_~*~_:) Small minds discuss people > (_)-(_) ..... Eleanor Roosevelt > > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
