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numeric {base}R Documentation

Numeric Vectors

Description

numeric creates a real vector of length n. The vector is filled with zeros.

as.numeric attempts to coerce its argument to numeric type (either integer or real).

is.numeric returns TRUE if its argument is of type real or type integer and FALSE otherwise.

Usage

numeric(n = 0)
as.numeric(x)
is.numeric(x)

Note

R has no single precision data type. All real numbers are stored in double precision format.


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