[R] sprintf() question

[Daniel Nordlund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk] 
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:15 AM
> To: Daniel Nordlund
> Cc: ted.harding at manchester.ac.uk; r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] sprintf() question
> 
> Daniel Nordlund wrote:
> 
> > Enlightenment is what I asked for, and it is what I got.  I 
> was having a
> > senior moment I guess.  I was picturing 8 as binary 0100, 
> when obviously it
> > is binary 1000.  So yes, the required power of 2 is 1, and 
> it is fine with
> > me that Windows implementation does not display it.  Thanks again.
> 
> Wouldn't be fine with me....
> 
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In retrospect, Peter is absolutley correct.  It is not ok.  And EI-JI Nakama
<nakama (a) ki.rim.or.jp> has pointed out some other infelicities in
sprintf() on Windows systems.  So I am going to bow out of this discussion
and get some much needed sleep (12:23am PDT).  I am sure that by the time I
get up in the morning, the experts will have it figured out.
 
Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA  USA