Hi Ravi, That is expected. Please read the documentation for ?options. Specifically, note that digits sets the significant digits, this may not always be the number of decimals printed.
Also, I recommend updating your version of R. Cheers, Josh On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Ravi Kulkarni <ravi.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is in version 2.10.1 > >> sqrt(3) > [1] 1.732051 >> 6/7 > [1] 0.8571429 >> options(digits=3) >> sqrt(3) > [1] 1.73 >> 6/7 > [1] 0.857 >> sqrt(7) > [1] 2.65 >> 7/9 > [1] 0.778 > > Ravi > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Bug-in-options-digits-n-tp4082537p4082537.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group University of California, Los Angeles https://joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
