Re: [R] Comparing decimal numbers

2011-02-01 Thread mlancee
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[R] Comparing decimal numbers

2011-02-01 Thread mlancee
Hi, I have a seemingly easy question that has been keeping be busy for quite a while. The problem is the following: 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 0.3 [1] FALSE Why is this false? Another example is 0.2 + 0.1 == 0.3 [1] FALSE or 0.25 + 0.05 == 0.20 + 0.10 [1] FALSE However, I do get TRUE if I use integ