Re: [R] modulo operation

2010-09-09 Thread José M. Blanco Moreno
Did you read the documentation before you read the code? ‘%%’ and ‘x %/% y’ can be used for non-integer ‘y’, e.g. ‘1 %/% 0.2’, but the results are subject to rounding error and so may be platform-dependent. Because the IEC 60059 representation of ‘0.2’ is a binary fraction slightly larger than

Re: [R] modulo operation

2010-09-09 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 09/09/2010 7:56 AM, Barry Rowlingson wrote: 2010/9/9 "José M. Blanco Moreno" : Dear R-users, May be there is something that I am not understanding, missed or else... Why do these operations yield these results? 25%/%0.2 [1] 124 25%%0.2 [1] 0.2 I would expect (although I know that what I

Re: [R] modulo operation

2010-09-09 Thread Barry Rowlingson
2010/9/9 "José M. Blanco Moreno" : >  Dear R-users, > May be there is something that I am not understanding, missed or else... > Why do these operations yield these results? >> 25%/%0.2 > [1] 124 >> 25%%0.2 > [1] 0.2 > > I would expect (although I know that what I do expect and what is really > int

[R] modulo operation

2010-09-09 Thread José M. Blanco Moreno
Dear R-users, May be there is something that I am not understanding, missed or else... Why do these operations yield these results? > 25%/%0.2 [1] 124 > 25%%0.2 [1] 0.2 I would expect (although I know that what I do expect and what is really intended in the code may be different things) > 25/0