[Rd] min(c()) = inf ??? (PR#618)

Peter Dalgaard BSA p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk
26 Jul 2000 14:58:45 +0200


y0004379@tu-bs.de writes:

> min of an empty vector gives inf, should be NA / NULL ???

This is a feature, ensuring consistency: 

min(x,y) == min(min(x),min(y)) even when x or y is empty.

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