On 16/12/2009 12:39 AM, Xiang Wu wrote:
Is there a function in R that could find the significant digit of a specific number? Such as for 3.1415, return '5'?
The question may not have an unambiguous answer: I would say 1.00 and 1.00000 have a different number of significant digits, but once converted to numbers they are identical in R.
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