Hi, thanks for the suggestions. However, for some reason the first one did not work. Trying
cat( paste( paste(orientation, as.integer(start), as.integer(end), names,"\n"), paste(as.integer(start), as.integer(end),"exon\n"), sep="")) resulted in the same problem. Setting scipen in options did the job. Cheers, Firas. > Well, you have to convert an integer to character to see it: `as is' is in > your case 64 0's and 1's. > > I very much suspect that you have a double and not an integer: > > > 100000 > [1] 1e+05 > > as.integer(100000) > [1] 100000 > > so that is one answer: actually use an `integer vector' as you claim. > > A second answer is in ?options, see `scipen'. > > A third answer is to use sprintf() or formatC() to handle the conversion > yourself. > > > On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Firas Swidan wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am using the following command to print to a file (I omitted the file > > details): > > > > cat( paste( paste(orientation, start, end, names,"\n"), paste(start, end, > > "exon\n"), sep="")) > > > > where "orientation" and "names" are character vectors and "start" and > > "end" are integer vectors. > > > > The problem is that R coerce the integer vectors to characters. In > > general, that works fine, but when one of the integer is 100000 (or has > > more 0's) then R prints it as 1e+05. This behavior causes a lot of > > trouble for the program reading R's output. > > This problem occur with paste, cat, > > and print (i.e. paste(100000)="1e+05" and so on). > > > > I tried to change the "digit" option in "options()" but that did not help. > > Is is possible to change the behavior of the coercing or are there any > > work arounds? > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics,http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South ParksRoad, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > ______________________________________________ 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