[R] Funky calculations

Rui Barradas
Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:07:51 -0000

Hello,

Like others have said, this is FAQ 7.31. Try

(0.4 + 0.2 + 0 + 0.3 + 0 + 0.1) - 1


on both systems, on one of them it's not zero.

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

?s 13:45 de 01/02/2022, Nathan Boeger escreveu:
> Hello,
>
> I found something strange and maybe I am going nuts but this does not make
> sense:
>
>>   (0.4 + 0.2 + 0 + 0.3 + 0 + 0.1) > 1
> [1] TRUE
>
> I tried it on my mac M1 (R v4.1.2) and my Linux box (R v4.0.4). If I use
> other values, it does not work (see below). It seems only that combination,
> granted I did not try them all.
>
>>   (0.4 + 0.2 + 0 + 0.2 + 0 + 0.2) > 1
> [1] FALSE
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Cheers
>
> -nb
>
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