[R] c() coverts real numbers to integers?

[David Winsemius]

 > STX<-c(16.0962, 16.1227, 16.0921, 16.1498)
 > STY<-c(2.0387, 2.0214, 1.9877, 1.9846)
 > STX
[1] 16.0962 16.1227 16.0921 16.1498
 > STY
[1] 2.0387 2.0214 1.9877 1.9846

Did you perhaps redefine c()?

Or:
  options()$digits

If not, then what do these say:

str(STX)
str(STY)


On Mar 6, 2009, at 1:47 PM, John Poulsen wrote:
>
> I know I am forgetting to do something silly.  I typed coordinates in
> vectors (as below) but when I call them in R they come out as  
> integers,
> and I want them to be real numbers.  I have tried using as.numeric,
> as.real, etc... but they are still read by R as integers.
>
> STX<-c(16.0962, 16.1227, 16.0921, 16.1498)
> STY<-c(2.0387, 2.0214, 1.9877, 1.9846)
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>

David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT