[Rd] Numerical error in R (win32) (PR#8909)

[ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de]

teck.lim at imperial.ac.uk wrote:

> Hi
>     I had observed the following problem in R (also C, Matlab, and Python).
> sprintf('%1.2g\n', 3.15)
> give 3.1 instead of 3.2 whereas an input of 3.75 gives 3.8.
> Java's System.out.printf is ok though.  
>  
> 
>>round(3.75,1)
> 
> [1] 3.8
> 
>>round(3.15,1)
> 
> [1] 3.1
>  
> Similar outcome with sprintf in R.
> 
> 
> However, the right answer should be 3.2

This is not a bug.

Please read the R FAQ "Why doesn't R think these numbers are equal?" and 
after that note that *numerically* the following inaqualities are TRUE:
(3.2 - 3.15) > 0.05
(3.15 - 3.1) < 0.05

Uwe Ligges


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> Teckpor
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