[R] identical() mystery

[jim holtman]

If you use 'dput' you could provide a reproducible example, plus it
would probably explain what was happening.

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Dario Strbenac <D.Strbenac at garvan.org.au> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have 2 vectors of the same mode and the same contents but I still get FALSE. Any ideas ?
>
>> reference <- c(11, 14, 16, 5, 4, 2,  0, 15, 9, 0)
>> reference
>  [1] 11 14 16  5  4  2  0 15  9  0
>> cpgDensity
>  [1] 11 14 16  5  4  2  0 15  9  0
>> identical(cpgDensity, reference)
> [1] FALSE
>> mode(cpgDensity)
> [1] "numeric"
>> mode(reference)
> [1] "numeric"
>> cpgDensity == reference
>  [1] TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE
>
> Thanyou,
>         Dario.
>
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Jim Holtman
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What is the problem that you are trying to solve?