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2012 Sep 06
2
choose() function returning anomalous results (zero instead of one)
...2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Browse[1]> Q1
[1] 3
Browse[1]> choose(Q1,nn)
[1] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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The first was from RStudio, the second from RGui. (Windows x64, version
2.14.2). (That's executed from the point of view of browser() in
ugly_function(), see code below). It's returning choose(3,3) as 0, instead
of 1. It does not do this consistently - I've put the simplest code I've
been able to use to consistently generate the problem beneath my sig.
Something about the loop seems to generate the problem. If I remove the
loop over...