[R] - round() strange behaviour

[Peter Dalgaard]

Monica Pisica wrote:
> Hi,
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> I am getting some strange results using round - it seems that it depends if the number before the decimal point is odd or even ....
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> For example:
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>> round(1.5)[1] 2> round(2.5)[1] 2
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> While i would expect that round(2.5) be 3 and not 2.
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> Do you have any explanation for that?
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http://www.google.com/search?q="round+to+even"