Hi all, I got one intresting problem with caliculating mean that is while i am taking mean of values *0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8* using *val<-c(0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8)* *mean(val)* it given result as *2.775558e-17* but the actual result is *"0"* can any one suggest how can I get correct mean result in this case can any one suggest how I can farward thanks in regards kiran [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
See FAQ 7.31 venkata kirankumar wrote:> Hi all, > I got one intresting problem with caliculating mean that is > > while i am taking mean of values > > *0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8* > > using > *val<-c(0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8)* > *mean(val)* > it given result as > *2.775558e-17* > > but the actual result is *"0"* > > can any one suggest how can I get correct mean result in this case > > can any one suggest how I can farward > > thanks in regards > > kiran > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
round(mean(val), digits=16) -Ista On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:23 AM, venkata kirankumar <kiran4u2all at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi all, > I got one intresting problem with caliculating mean that is > > while i am taking mean of values > > *0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8* > > using > *val<-c(0.6, -0.8, 4, -3.8)* > *mean(val)* > it given result as > *2.775558e-17* > > but the actual result is ?*"0"* > > can any one suggest how can I get correct mean result in this case > > can any one suggest how I can farward > > thanks in regards > > kiran > > ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org