[R] numeric(0)

[Peter Dalgaard]

(Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk> writes:

> On 29-Dec-04 dax42 wrote:
> > for(j in 1:length(sequence)-1){
...

> You've fallen into a classic trap: 1:length(sequence)-1 does not
> mean what one might naturally expect.

It might be a good time to warn that 1:(length(sequence)-1) does not
always mean what you might naturally expect either.
seq(length=length(sequence)-1) is safer, and you may in addition want
to safeguard against the case length(sequence)==0.

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