[R] problem with function "rep"

[Erik Iverson]

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Julien Hunt wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
> 
> I am currently writing a program where I need to use function rep.
> The results I get are quite confusing. Given two 
> vectors A and B, I want to replicate a[1] b[1] 
> times, a[2] b[2] times and so on.
> All the entries of vector B are positive integers.
> My problem comes from the fact that if I sum up 
> all the elements of B, I get a certain 
> value  x(for example 10000). And if i calculate 
> the length of the vector obtained after 
> replication, I dont always get x(10000) but 
> sometimes I get x sometimes I get 9999 instead of 10000.
> Has this problem been reported before? Do you 
> need more information on my specific program.
> Thanks for your time and help,
> Best regards,
> 
> Julien Hunt
> 
> Julien Hunt,
> PhD student and teaching assistant,
> Institute of Statistics,
> Université Catholique de Louvain,
> Voie du Roman pays 20
> B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve,
> Belgium
> 
> E-mail: Julien.Hunt at uclouvain.be
> Tel: +32 10 / 47 94 01
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