As I am trying to maintain consistency with some SAS macros I prefer not to change the "standard definitions" in use at the moment. If I change things too much I don't think many people with use my new functions.
Thanks, Saghir -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean O'Riordain Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:50 To: Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] String manipulation and formatting Does it have to be a stop char ".", or could it be a separate parameter, i.e. put in a comma, then the 10 becomes an integer... s/ On 18/07/06, Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global) wrote: > > > Thanks to Richard, Gabor and Marc for some nice solutions to my request. > > > > I have a new problem: > > > > > xify(30.10) > > [1] "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.X" > > > xify(30.11) > > [1] "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXXXXX" > > > > The problem originates from: > > > > > as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(as.character(15.10), "\\."))) > > [1] 15 1 > > > as.numeric(unlist(strsplit(as.character(15.11), "\\."))) > > [1] 15 11 > > > > It seems to boils down to: > > > > > as.character(15.10) > > [1] "15.1" > > > > A simple solution is: > > > > > xify("15.10") > > [1] "XXXXX.XXXXXXXXXX" > > > > I was wondering if there is a simple way for xify to see the zero of the 10 > > without having to force the user to add quotes around the format? > > No, as the parser has converted '15.10' to a numeric constant. > > What is the problem with asking users to enter strings as strings? > > -- > 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 Parks Road, +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 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > --------------------------------------------------------- Legal Notice: This electronic mail and its attachments are i...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
