[R] Summary shows wrong maximum

[Uwe Ligges]

Sebastian Spaeth wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a list with a numerical column "cum_hardreuses". By coincidence I  
> discovered this:
> 
>> max(libs[,"cum_hardreuses"])
> [1] 1793
> 
>> summary(libs[,"cum_hardreuses"])
>     Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.
>        1       2       4      36      14    1790
> 
> (note the max value of 1790) Ouch this is bad! Anything I can do to remedy  
> this? Known bug?

No, it's a feature! See ?summary: printing is done up to 3 significant 
digits by default. If you want it more precise, for example use:

summary(libs[,"cum_hardreuses"], digits=10)

Uwe Ligges


> This is a Version 1.16 (3198) of the MacOSX R.
> 
> Regards,
> Sebastian Spaeth
> 
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