[R] identical(length(x), 1) returns FALSE, but print(length(x)) is 1, length(x)==1 is TRUE, and is.integer(lenght(x)) is TRUE????

[Gavin Simpson]

On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 12:22 -0400, Steve Lianoglou wrote:
> Hi,
<snip />
> I guess the lesson learned is that:
> 
> identical() != ==

Indeed, and ?identical explains some of the motivation behind the
function identical and the examples of said help page include the
problem the OP faced... now where was that posting guide...

G

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