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Re: MemberQ

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• Subject: [mg68533] Re: MemberQ
• From: "Scout" <Scout at nodomain.com>
• Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 04:18:55 -0400 (EDT)
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"Bruce Colletti" <vze269bv at verizon.net>
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> Re Mathematica 5.2.0.0.
>
> Since 0.7 is in the set {0.0, 0.1, 0.2,..., 0.9, 1.0}, why does 
> MemberQ[Range[0., 1., .1], .7] return False?
>
> Thankx.
>
> Bruce
>

Hi Bruce,
you could have strange behaviors if you try to compare real numbers.
It could happen that on different systems that equality gives True.
I suggest you to use an alternative representation for Reals or to try to 
use the operator ==
with commands such as Rationalize[], Round[], Chop [], N [], etc.

Using exact Rational numbers:
        In[]:= i=Range[0, 1, 1/10];
        In[]:= MemberQ[i, 7/10]
        Out[]= True

HTH,
    ~Scout~