

   EEuurroo ccoonnvveerrssiioonn rraatteess

        data(euro)

   FFoorrmmaatt::

        `euro': A named vector of length 11.
        `euro.cross:': A named matrix of size 11x11.

   DDeettaaiillss::

        The data set `euro' contains the value of 1 Euro in all
        currencies participating in the European monetary union
        (Austrian Schilling ATS, Belgian Franc BEF, German Mark
        DEM, Spanish Peseta ESP, Finnish Markka FIM, French
        Franc FRF, Irish Punt IEP, Italian Lira ITL, Luxembourg
        Franc LUF, Dutch Guilder NLG and Portugese Escudo PTE).
        These conversion rates were fixed by the European Union
        on December 31, 1998. To convert old prices to Euro
        prices, divide by the respective rate and round to 2
        digits.

        The data set `euro.cross' contains conversion rates
        between the various Euro currencies, i.e., the result
        of `outer(1 / euro, euro)'.

   EExxaammpplleess::

        data(euro)
        cbind(euro)
        all(euro == signif(euro,6))# TRUE: [6 digit precision in Euro's definition]

        all(euro.cross == outer(1/euro, euro)) # TRUE

        ## Convert 20.- Euro to Belgian Franc
        20 * euro["BEF"]

        ## Convert 20.- Austrian Schilling to Euro
        20 / euro["ATS"]

        ## Convert 20.- Spanish Pesetas to Italian Lira
        20 * euro.cross["ESP", "ITL"]

