[R] Help with a simple subroutine

Ebert,Timothy Aaron
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:39:48 -0000

If t = 1/sqrt(v[2,2]) and there is no code to change the value of v[2,2] and no
code to change to a different cell why would you get two different values?

One approach to debugging is to make a small example and see if the code output
matches (line-by-line) the output you get from doing a manual calculation. If
they do not match you at least know where to start looking for a problem. Hand
calculation can use pencil and paper or Excel or other tools. It is a tedious
task but very effective.

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of Ivan Krylov
Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 5:03 AM
To: Steven T. Yen <styen at ntu.edu.tw>
Cc: R-help Mailing List <r-help at r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [R] Help with a simple subroutine

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? Fri, 9 Sep 2022 16:46:00 +0800
"Steven T. Yen" <styen at ntu.edu.tw> ?????:

> I am expecting the line  t<-gamma/sgamma to produce two different
> values. But I confirm that it is doing tt<-gamma[1]/sgamma[1]

No, it just happens that gamma[1]/sgamma[1] is the same as gamma[2]/sgamma[2],
subject to rounding errors:

> +   gamma<-exp(b)
> +   vgamma<-gamma^2*v[2,2]
> +   sgamma<-sqrt(vgamma)
> +   t<-gamma/sgamma

t = gamma / sgamma = gamma / sqrt(gamma^2 * v[2,2])   = gamma / (abs(gamma) *
sqrt(v[2,2])) = (given gamma = exp(b) > 0)
  = 1 / sqrt(v[2,2]).

--
Best regards,
Ivan

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