[Rd] invalid comparison in numeric sequence (PR#13551)

[Peter Dalgaard]

alexandre.courtiol at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> 0.6==0.6
> [1] TRUE
>> seq(0,1,0.1)==0.4
>  [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
>> seq(0,1,0.1)==0.6
>  [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
>> seq(0,1,0.1)==0.8
>  [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE  TRUE FALSE FALSE
> 
> 
> What is wrong with 0.6 ??? (TRUE is missing)
> I tried 3 differents computers (2 Ubuntu with R 2.8.1, and one Mac with R 2.8).

FAQ 7.31, not a bug. Expect about 10 people to tell you so.

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