dbinom(k, n, prob = 0) # or prob=1 would not work; The following patch makes it work (in $RHOME/src/math/ ) : --- dbinom.c~ Sun Nov 24 23:43:10 1996 +++ dbinom.c Tue Apr 15 23:31:46 1997 @@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ { x = floor(x + 0.5); n = floor(n + 0.5); - if (n <= 0.0 || p <= 0.0 || p >= 1.0) + if (n <= 0.0 || p < 0.0 || p > 1.0) DOMAIN_ERROR; if (x < 0.0 || x > n) return 0.0; + if (p == 0.0) + return (x == 0) ? 1.0 : 0.0; + if (p == 1.0) + return (x == n) ? 1.0 : 0.0; return exp(lfastchoose(n, x) + log(p) * x + (n - x) * log(1.0 - p)); } =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-