Thanks everybody for referring me to FAQ 7.31 but I don't see how to solve
it.
I am giving a concrete number and I need to get 58 not 57. Seems, there is
no way?

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:05 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius@comcast.net>wrote:

>
> On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Trafim Vanishek wrote:
>
>  Dear all,
>>
>> might seem and easy question but I cannot figure it out.
>>
>> floor(100*(.58))
>> [1] 57
>>
>> where is the trick here?
>>
>
> FAQ 7.31
>
>
> And how can I end up with the right answer?
>>
>
> Define right, please. (There have been several questions in the last week
> for which FAQ 7.31 was the answer and some of the responses had useful
> links.)
>
> --
> David Winsemius, MD
> West Hartford, CT
>
>

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