try > x <- 0 > class(x) [1] "numeric" > x <- 0L > class(x) [1] "integer" >
You have to explicitly indicate that you want integer. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Steve Jaffe<sja...@riskspan.com> wrote: > > Why when I assign 0 to an element of an integer vector does the type change > to numeric? > Here is a particularly perplexing example: >> v <- 0:10 >> v > [1] 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >> class(v) > [1] "integer" >> v[1] <- 0 >> class(v) > [1] "numeric" #!! >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/why-is-0-not-an-integer--tp24835423p24835423.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. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ 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.
