[R] how to convert digits to specified decimal vectors

[Berend Hasselman]

On 24-03-2012, at 08:25, sagarnikam123 wrote:

> yes sir i used format() function like
> 
>> x<-c(3,5,6)
>> y<-format(x,nsmall=6)
>> y
> [1] "3.000000" "5.000000" "6.000000"
> 
> but it again gives me same output
>> as.double(y[1])
> [1] 3
> 

You are converting back to numeric and using the default print.

Use

cat(y)

Berend

> i want it in decimal style like 4.000 (i.e. without string format)
> 
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