[R] floating point in single precision

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 27 Jun 2010, Sebastian Gibb wrote:

> Hello,
>
> is there a possibilty in R to convert numbers (double precision, 64bit) into
> single precision ones (32bit).
> I need that for compatibility reasons. Until now I call a C application which
> casts a double to a float.
>
> float precision32(double value) {
>  return (float)value;
> }
>
> But I want to use a R only method. What can I do?

?as.single
?writeBin

> Kind regards,
>
> Sebastian

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