Re: [R] Bug/Error in formatC? (Was: Why doesn 't formatC( x, digits=2, format= " g")...)

2008-06-10 Thread Peter Dunn
Martin I know you and Brian have been discussing this issue, and Brian would officially declare it a 'buglet' if he used that word, but for completeness (I should have done this anyway; my oversight): > What are the exact platform details? > sessionInfo() R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22) i486-pc-l

Re: [R] Bug/Error in formatC? ....

2008-06-10 Thread Martin Maechler
> "MM" == Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:05:05 +0200 writes: > "PD" == Peter Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:25:07 +1000 writes: PD> Hi all After posting what follows, Duncan Murdoch PD> suggested perhaps a bug in for

Re: [R] Bug/Error in formatC? (Was: Why doesn 't formatC( x, digits=2, format= " g")...)

2008-06-10 Thread Martin Maechler
> "PD" == Peter Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:25:07 +1000 writes: PD> Hi all After posting what follows, Duncan Murdoch PD> suggested perhaps a bug in formatC, or an error on PD> documentation. Any comments? It could be called a bug in your platform's

[R] Bug/Error in formatC? (Was: Why doesn 't formatC( x, digits=2, format= " g")...)

2008-06-09 Thread Peter Dunn
Hi all After posting what follows, Duncan Murdoch suggested perhaps a bug in formatC, or an error on documentation. Any comments? In particular, bug, error or not, any ideas about how I can consistently get two significant figures to print? P. -- Original Message -- Hi a