[R] problem with max in a function

[David Winsemius]

On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:06 PM, stephen sefick wrote:

> s <- 1.00
> max(s)

 > sprintf("%.2f", max(s))
[1] "1.00"     @ as a string/character object
>
> returns 1
>
> is there anyway that I can get it to return 1.00.  I am using the
> results of this max statement in a grep statement and it returns the
> wrong numbers,  I will provide more information and code if it would
> make more sense in context.
>
> --  
> Stephen Sefick
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David Winsemius, MD
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