[R] precision problem

[John Fox]

Dear Omar,

It wasn't clear to me from your original question that you wanted to test
that *all* the corresponding entries were equal, as opposed to each
individual entry.

In any event, I don't think that you'll find a similar function for testing
inequality, so you can do as you suggest, but of course without abs().

Regards,
 John

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John Fox
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
905-525-9140x23604
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Omar Lakkis
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:08 AM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] precision problem
> 
> all.equal is helpful when I am comparing equality of two matrices.
> However, when I am comparing two individual number with > or 
> < is my best bet doing if( abs(x - y) < tolerence) or is 
> there a function like all.equal that has the same default tolerence?
> 
> On 5/25/05, Omar Lakkis <uofiowa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thank you all.
> > all.equal is very helpful since I am also interested in finding the 
> > mismatched prices.
> > 
> > On 5/25/05, John Fox <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> > > Dear Omar,
> > >
> > > Perhaps I'm missing something, but why not just subtract 
> one matrix 
> > > from the other and test the difference in relation to the 
> precision 
> > > that you require for the comparison? E.g., to test near equality, 
> > > something like, abs(A - B) < 1e-13.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > >  John
> > >
> > > --------------------------------
> > > John Fox
> > > Department of Sociology
> > > McMaster University
> > > Hamilton, Ontario
> > > Canada L8S 4M4
> > > 905-525-9140x23604
> > > http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
> > > --------------------------------
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> > > > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of 
> Omar Lakkis
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:09 AM
> > > > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > > > Subject: [R] precision problem
> > > >
> > > > I have prices that I am finding difficult to compare with ==,
> > > > > and >, due to precision. For example: the numbers should
> > > > match, with '==', but they differ in the magnitude of 
> 1e-14 due to 
> > > > bunch of calculations that I run on them. Programming 
> with java, I 
> > > > am used to implementing a function that compares the difference 
> > > > between the numbers to a pre determined precision factor. This 
> > > > could be very slow when  I have two matrices of numbers that I 
> > > > could otherwise compare with a simple '==', '>'  or '<' in R.
> > > > What is teh best solution for this problem?
> > > > Can I control the precision of ==, > and < without having to 
> > > > reimplement the operations in a slow way?
> > > >
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