Hi Folks, Consider the following example (artificial, but it illustates the point):
> r2<-sqrt(2) > x<-2-r2*r2 > print(c(pi,sqrt(pi)),digits=5) [1] 3.1416 1.7725 > print(c(pi,sqrt(pi),x),digits=5) [1] 3.1416e+00 1.7725e+00 -4.4409e-16 whereas I would prefer [1] 3.1416 1.7725 0.0000 which could be achieved by > print(c(pi,sqrt(pi),round(x)),digits=5) [1] 3.1416 1.7725 0.0000 if need be. The above of course is due to the definition of "digits" as the miniumum number of significant figures to print. In order to avoid the behaviour of the second "print" and make it like the last line, one would need to be able to set somthing like "maxdigits=5" as well as "digits=5". Is anything of this sort possible (apart from anticipating the situation and wrapping relevant computations in "round")? Thanks, and best wishes, Ted. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help