The signif() function doesn't increase the number significant digits beyond the default. However, if your purpose is simply to see more digits (or what was entered), a paste() function will do the trick though it will trim the trailing zeros. Other ways?
Tim ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 18:57:03 -0500 >From: Ulas Karaoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [R] How to avoid rounding of matrix elements? >To: R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > >Hi all R-users, >If I have a matrix with numeric elements as follows, the values are >rounded when I try to refer to a specifici element using [], the value >is rounded. >The same thing happens if the matrix is read from a file, the values are >stored to the correct precision but then when I try to refer to a >specific element (such as using [], it is rounded. > >How do I avoid this rounding? > >mdat<-matrix(c (0.0187972950,0.4446208550,1.0000000000,0.0003204380,0.010500 2420,1.1087556380,0.0742164230,0.0362898240), >nrow = 2, ncol=4) > > mdat > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] >[1,] 0.01879729 1.000000000 0.01050024 0.07421642 >[2,] 0.44462085 0.000320438 1.10875564 0.03628982 > >Thanks. > >______________________________________________ >R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R- project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html