[R] 'matrix' returns integer instead of decimal

[Henrik Bengtsson]

Check your getOption("digits").  Default is typically 7.  Either you
or a package/function sets it to a small value. You get that
**output** with options(digits=n) where n=1,2,3.

/Henrik

On Jan 20, 2008 7:13 PM, Thomas Lumley <tlumley at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Brant Inman wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Note the problems in rows 15, 21, 37 and 43.  They should read [0.5, 45.5],
> > [14.5, 21.5], etc...  The matrix function seems to be rounding the second
> > column up to the next integer.  Why would this occur?  Can I do something to
> > prevent this?
> >
> > I would very much appreciate any comments.
> >
>
> I don't see this (though I'm not on Windows). My first guess is that the rounding happens in print() rather than in matrix() -- if you print just the [15,2] entry of the matrix is it 45.5 or 46? Is it == to 45.5 or 46?
>
>      -thomas
>
>
> Thomas Lumley                   Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
> tlumley at u.washington.edu        University of Washington, Seattle
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