[R] Difference between 10 and 10L
William Dunlap
wdunlap at tibco.com
Fri May 4 01:43:33 CEST 2012
> class(10)
[1] "numeric"
> class(10L)
[1] "integer"
> class(10i)
[1] "complex"
Why not 10I for integer? Perhaps because "I" and "l"
look too similar, perhaps because "i" and "I" sound
too similar. The "L" does not mean "long": integers
are 4 bytes long.
Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com
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> Subject: [R] Difference between 10 and 10L
>
>
> Good Evening
> We have been searching through the R documentation manuals without success on this
> one.
> What is the purpose or result of the "L" in the following?
>
> n=10
> and
> n=10L
>
> or
> c(5,10)
> versus
> c(5L,10L)
>
> Thanks
> Joe
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Joe
>
>
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