Is there any rational explanation for the bizarre seq() behavior below?> seq(2,8.1, lenght.out=3)[1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8> help(seq) > seq(2,8,length.out=3)[1] 2 5 8> seq(2,8.1,length.out=3)[1] 2.00 5.05 8.10 Except maybe that it is early in the morning :) Best regards, Ryszard Ryszard Czerminski AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP 35 Gatehouse Drive Waltham, MA 02451 USA 781-839-4304 ryszard.czerminski@astrazeneca.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and may ...{{dropped:11}}
You have a dot (not a comma) after 8:> seq(2,8.1,length.out=3)^ Rgds, Rainer On Wednesday 23 November 2011 06:59:12 Czerminski, Ryszard wrote:> Is there any rational explanation for the bizarre seq() behavior below? > > > seq(2,8.1, lenght.out=3) > > [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 > > > help(seq) > > seq(2,8,length.out=3) > > [1] 2 5 8 > > > seq(2,8.1,length.out=3) > > [1] 2.00 5.05 8.10 > > Except maybe that it is early in the morning :) > > Best regards, > Ryszard > > Ryszard Czerminski > AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP > 35 Gatehouse Drive > Waltham, MA 02451 > USA > 781-839-4304 > ryszard.czerminski at astrazeneca.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and may > ...{{dropped:11}} > > ______________________________________________ > 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.
...and a spelling mistake in your first line (lenght instead of length)... On Wednesday 23 November 2011 06:59:12 Czerminski, Ryszard wrote:> Is there any rational explanation for the bizarre seq() behavior below? > > > seq(2,8.1, lenght.out=3) > > [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 > > > help(seq) > > seq(2,8,length.out=3) > > [1] 2 5 8 > > > seq(2,8.1,length.out=3) > > [1] 2.00 5.05 8.10 > > Except maybe that it is early in the morning :) > > Best regards, > Ryszard > > Ryszard Czerminski > AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP > 35 Gatehouse Drive > Waltham, MA 02451 > USA > 781-839-4304 > ryszard.czerminski at astrazeneca.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and may > ...{{dropped:11}} > > ______________________________________________ > 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.