[R] - round() strange behaviour

[Achim Zeileis]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Monica Pisica wrote:

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> 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
> While i would expect that round(2.5) be 3 and not 2.
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> Do you have any explanation for that?

Yes: you obviously did not read the man page! Please do.
Z

> I really appreciate your input,
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> Monica
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