R-alpha: 1:n is not integer
Martin Maechler
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Tue, 27 May 97 09:02:10 +0200
This is from Snews of yesterday
Snews> but the : operator creates integers as in
Snews>
Snews> > is.integer(1:10)
Snews> [1] T
Snews>
Snews> and even in
Snews>
Snews> > is.integer(1:1)
Snews> [1] T
which reminds me of bug report I had sent a while ago,
I think in pre-alpha times:
MM> In R, 1:n is double (aka 'real') and not integer.
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