FAQ 7.31, or take a university course in numerical analysis. https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Why-doesn_0027t-R-think-these-numbers-are-equal_003f
On June 18, 2018 2:45:29 PM PDT, Brian Smith <bsmith030...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I am a little bit perplexed at why I am getting some values as FALSE: > >> cpgbins <- seq(0,1,0.05) > >> cpgbins >[1] 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 0.55 0.60 >0.65 >0.70 0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00 > >> cpgbins[1] == 0.00 >[1] TRUE >> cpgbins[2] == 0.05 >[1] TRUE >> cpgbins[3] == 0.10 >[1] TRUE >> cpgbins[4] == 0.15 >[1] FALSE >> cpgbins[5] == 0.20 >[1] TRUE >> cpgbins[6] == 0.25 >[1] TRUE >> cpgbins[7] == 0.30 >[1] FALSE > >> class(cpgbins) >[1] "numeric" > >> class(cpgbins[7]) >[1] "numeric" > >What is the cause for this? > >thanks!! > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
