[R] Summary shows wrong maximum
Sebastian Spaeth
sspaeth at ethz.ch
Mon Dec 4 13:08:25 CET 2006
Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>> 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:
Thanks for the info. Good to know. I didn't think that it would round
pre-comma digits though.
Grateful,
Sebastian
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