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Correct numeric precision comment #1666

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Expand Up @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ x == c(1, 2)
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What's going on?
Computers store numbers with a fixed number of decimal places so there's no way to exactly represent 1/49 or `sqrt(2)` and subsequent computations will be very slightly off.
Computers store numbers with finite precision so there's no way to exactly represent 1/49 or `sqrt(2)` and subsequent computations will be very slightly off.
We can see the exact values by calling `print()` with the `digits`[^logicals-1] argument:

[^logicals-1]: R normally calls print for you (i.e. `x` is a shortcut for `print(x)`), but calling it explicitly is useful if you want to provide other arguments.
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