On "5" == 5 in R and other data processing languages

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A new note I would like to share on some corner cases in expression evaluation in a few data processing languages (including R): My opinion on “5” == 5 – Win Vector LLC

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I see what you mean. Operator is probably too deeply embedded at this point. identical is safer, though one more operator to learn to use.

"5" == 5
#> [1] TRUE
identical("5",5)
#> [1] FALSE
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