Union[{0},{0.}] = {0,0.}?
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- Subject: [mg12662] Union[{0},{0.}] = {0,0.}?
- From: "Chris Farr" <farr at brown.edu>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 23:16:38 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Union[{0},{0.}] = {0,0.}.
Why?
I would like the above to return only {0}.
The root of the problem is that Mathematica thinks they are the same:
SameQ[{0},{0.}] = False
How can I get around this? The following doesn't help either.
Union[{ N[0] },{0.}] = {0,0.}
Any ides out there?