From gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com  Sat Aug 25 03:08:04 2001
From: gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com (gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 04:08:04 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: [Rd] Wierd problem comparing numeric values and list using == (PR#1073)
Message-ID: <200108250208.EAA03656@pubhealth.ku.dk>


Under R 1.3.0 on Solaris and Windows NT  there seems to be a bug in == when
applied to elements of a list, particularly when one of the elements is of
mode integer:

	> list(1) == list(1)
	[1] FALSE
	> 1 == list(1)
	[1] TRUE
	> as.integer(1)==list(as.integer(1))
	[1] FALSE
	> as.integer(1)==list(as.double(1))
	[1] FALSE
	> list(as.integer(1))==list(as.integer(1))
	[1] FALSE
	> list(as.integer(1))==as.integer(1)
	[1] FALSE
	> list(as.double(1))==list(as.double(1))
	[1] FALSE

However, these cases work:

	> as.double(1)==list(as.integer(1))
	[1] TRUE
	> list(as.integer(1))==as.double(1)
	[1] TRUE

Replacing the bare integer/double with a vector constructed with c() doesn't
change the results, and comparing between vectors created with c() appears
correct.

-Greg

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Version:
 platform = i386-pc-mingw32
 arch = x86
 os = Win32
 system = x86, Win32
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 3.0
 year = 2001
 month = 06
 day = 22
 language = R

Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 5

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base


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[Rd] Wierd problem comparing numeric values and list using == (PR#1073)
gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com