On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Martin Maechler wrote: >>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Hankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:05:24 +0100 writes: > > Robin> Hello everyone > Robin> I am finding complex numbers to be printed oddly in R-alpha. > > > >> 1e100+1e100i > Robin> [1] 1e+100+1e+100i > >> 1e100 + 1e44i > Robin> [1] 1e+100+100000000000000008821361405306422640701865984i > >> dput(1e100+1e44i) > Robin> 1e+100+100000000000000008821361405306422640701865984i > >> > > ouch, ouch! > > Robin> [same thing at home on a linux box] > > > Robin> The first line is what I would expect, the second and third lines > Robin> aren't: > Robin> I would prefer "1e100+1e44i". Is this possible for R-2.4.0? > > It should.
I think the right answer is 1e100+0i: read what 'digits' means for complex numbers. It's been there since 2.2.0. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
