Using Position correctly
问题 In the mma help docs for Position, the following is listed under "Possible Issues" In[1]:= Position[Range[-1, 1, 0.05], 0.1] Out[1]= {} There is no explanation given though. Why does this happen? So if I really need to find the position of 0.1 in Range[-1,1,0.05] , how do I do it? 回答1: It is a numeric precision issue: 0.1 in the Range is not internally the same as 0.1 typed in. The normal way to resolve this is to compare with Equal rather than the implicit SameQ . Position[Range[-1, 1, 0.05]