[R] Decimal places

[Robert Mcfadden]

Thank you very much. Round(x, digids=2) works perfect.
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley w stats.ox.ac.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:47 PM
To: Robert Mcfadden
Cc: r-help w stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] Decimal places

On Wed, 24 May 2006, Robert Mcfadden wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to force R to print 2 decimal places. I use options(digits=2)
> but as far as I know it prints significant digits so in certain cases is
> more then 2.
>
> Is there other way to do it?

?round, possibly

format(rounf(x, 2), nsmall = 2)

if you want exactly 2 decimal places.

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