[R] a < b < c is alway TRUE

Michael Mader m.mader at gsf.de
Fri Jul 6 14:02:02 CEST 2001


Monika Ferster wrote: 
> 
> 3 < 2 < 1 seems to be seen like a double no because 3 < 2 < 1 < 0 returns
> F. It looks like the multiplication of -1 what is strange, because F
> corresponds to the value 0. 
Not really because:

> 5<4<3<2<1  
[1] FALSE
> 4<3<2<1
[1] FALSE
> 3<2<1
[1] TRUE

Somehow 3<2<1 remains special.

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