From theis@statistik.uni-dortmund.de  Thu Jan 24 13:44:30 2002
From: theis@statistik.uni-dortmund.de (theis@statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:44:30 +0100 (MET)
Subject: [Rd] Representation of floating point numbers (PR#1281)
Message-ID: <200201241344.OAA15893@pubhealth.ku.dk>


On 24-Jan-02 Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
> There is a function all.equal provided for this purpose: it is a misuse of
> ==.

But there is no hint or note on the "Comparisons" help page concerning this
problem. If it is a misuse one should be warned against it.

Winfried Theis

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Date: 24-Jan-02
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[Rd] Representation of floating point numbers (PR#1281)
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