Full_Name: Scott Wilkinson Version: 2.3.1 OS: WinXP Pro Submission from: (NULL) (140.253.203.4)
In the example below round() does not report to the specified number of digits when the last digit to be reported is zero: Compare behaviour for 0.897575 and 0.946251. Ditto for signif(). The number of sigfigs is ambiguous unless the reader knows this behaviour. Is this a bug or intended behaviour? Is there a work-around? #Example code: number <- 0.897575 # this one isn't reported to 2 decimal places 0.90 as expected #number <- 0.946251 # when the last reported digit is non-zero it gives expected behaviour Round3 <- round(number, digits=3) Round2 <- round(number, digits=2) #why 0.9 and not 0.90 for 0.897575? Round1 <- round(number, digits=1) Signif3 <- signif(number, digits=3) Signif2 <- signif(number, digits=2) #why 0.9 and not 0.90 0.897575? Signif1 <- signif(number, digits=1) Results <- data.frame(Round3, Round2, Round1, Signif3, Signif2, Signif1) ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
