b/c > class(0) [1] "numeric" > typeof(0) [1] "double"
> class(0L) [1] "integer" > typeof(0L) [1] "integer" When you call the ":" function it always returns an integer sequence, but when you assign a numeric to an element of the vector it gets coerced to the more general type, in this case, numeric. Note that "is.numeric" returns TRUE for both is.numeric(0) and is.numeric(0L). Daniel Gerlanc Associate Analyst Geode Capital Management 1 Post Office Sq, Floor 28 Boston, MA 02109 daniel.gerl...@geodecapital.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.
