Re: [R] how to convert digits to specified decimal vectors

2012-03-24 Thread Berend Hasselman
On 24-03-2012, at 08:25, sagarnikam123 wrote: > yes sir i used format() function like > >> x<-c(3,5,6) >> y<-format(x,nsmall=6) >> y > [1] "3.00" "5.00" "6.00" > > but it again gives me same output >> as.double(y[1]) > [1] 3 > You are converting back to numeric and using the defau

Re: [R] how to convert digits to specified decimal vectors

2012-03-24 Thread sagarnikam123
yes sir i used format() function like > x<-c(3,5,6) >y<-format(x,nsmall=6) >y [1] "3.00" "5.00" "6.00" but it again gives me same output > as.double(y[1]) [1] 3 i want it in decimal style like 4.000 (i.e. without string format) -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.n

Re: [R] how to convert digits to specified decimal vectors

2012-03-23 Thread R. Michael Weylandt
format sprintf Michael On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:16 AM, sagarnikam123 wrote: >> x > [1] 7 8 9 10 11 12 > > convert such that > > 7. > 8. > 9. > 10.000 > 11.000 > 12.000 > > total size of 5 digits for each value > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com

[R] how to convert digits to specified decimal vectors

2012-03-23 Thread sagarnikam123
> x [1] 7 8 9 10 11 12 convert such that 7. 8. 9. 10.000 11.000 12.000 total size of 5 digits for each value -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/how-to-convert-digits-to-specified-decimal-vectors-tp4498588p4498588.html Sent from the R help mailing list a