[R] Problem with mean

[Ista Zahn]

round(mean(val), digits=16)

-Ista

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:23 AM, venkata kirankumar
<kiran4u2all at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I got one intresting problem with caliculating mean that is
>
> while i am taking mean of values
>
> *0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8*
>
> using
> *val<-c(0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8)*
> *mean(val)*
> it given result as
> *2.775558e-17*
>
> but the actual result is  *"0"*
>
> can any one suggest how can I get correct mean result in this case
>
> can any one suggest how I can farward
>
> thanks in regards
>
> kiran
>
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Ista Zahn
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