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 # zalpha 0.2.0.9999 (Development version)
 
+* Improved the speed by editing the equal_vector function
+* L_plus_R now returns 0 instead of NA when n<2 for choose(n,2) 
+* Zalpha_all now always calculates the diversity statistics LR and L_plus_R
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 # zalpha 0.2.0
 
 * Can now accept data with missing values