Re: [Rd] printing of complex numbers in R-alpha

2006-09-22 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Robin Hankin wrote: > Hello > > got it: > > o The printing of complex numbers has changed, handling numbers > as a whole rather than in two parts. So both real and > imaginary parts are shown to the same accuracy, with the > 'digits' parameter referring

Re: [Rd] printing of complex numbers in R-alpha

2006-09-21 Thread Robin Hankin
Hello got it: o The printing of complex numbers has changed, handling numbers as a whole rather than in two parts. So both real and imaginary parts are shown to the same accuracy, with the 'digits' parameter referring to the accuracy of the larger component,

Re: [Rd] printing of complex numbers in R-alpha

2006-09-21 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
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

Re: [Rd] printing of complex numbers in R-alpha

2006-09-21 Thread Martin Maechler
> "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+10