[R] decimal troubles ?

Dieter Menne dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de
Tue May 12 10:30:26 CEST 2009




Patrick Giraudoux wrote:
> 
> I have some trouble with the number of decimals in R (currently R 
> 2.9.0). For instance:
> 
>  > options()$digits
> [1] 3
> 
> let me hope that I will get three digits where useful when a number is 
> printed. BUT:
> 
>  > 44.25+31.1+50
> [1] 125
> 
> No way to get the right result 125.35
> 


It says digits, not decimals:

> (44.25+31.1+50)/100
[1] 1.25

Dieter 

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