[R] log of small values in R

[Jeff Newmiller]

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On January 10, 2021 12:53:14 AM PST, Shaami <nzshaam using gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear Friends        I am facing the problem of log values in R. The
>log(1-0.99999999999999999) is giving -Inf while log(1e-18) gives finite
>answer. Any suggestion to deal with this problem?  Thank you
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