[R] Round down numeric values with decimals

[Bert Gunter]

Note also that if you wish to include 0 and negative numbers, and your
intent is to truncate to 1 digit towards 0, then you must of course check
for 0 separately and modify what I suggested for x != 0 to:

k <- floor(log10(abs(x)))
ifelse(x <0, ceiling(x*10^(-k)), floor(x*10^(-k))) *10^k

Note that this is all vectorized, so, e.g. ,

> x<- c(-101.8, 101.8)
> k <- floor(log10(abs(x)))
> ifelse(x <0, ceiling(x*10^(-k)), floor(x*10^(-k))) *10^k
[1] -100  100

Cheers,
Bert


Bert Gunter

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On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:08 AM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:

> This is *not* "rounding down."
>
> But this should do it I think:
> ## (see ?floor)
>
> x <- 3.896e09
> k <- floor(log10(x))
>
> > floor(x*10^(-k))*10^k
> [1] 3e+09
>
> There may be even slicker ways, but this is as slick as I can muster...
>
> Cheers,
> Bert
>
>
>
> Bert Gunter
>
> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and
> sticking things into it."
> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 9:33 AM Nelly Reduan <nell.redu using hotmail.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> How can I round down numeric values with decimals? For example,
>>
>>
>>
>> > signif(3.896037e+09, digits = 1)
>>
>> [1] 4e+09
>>
>>
>>
>> The expected result is 3e+09 (and not 4e+09).
>>
>>
>>
>> > signif(8.68542378e-10, digits = 1)
>>
>> [1] 9e-10
>>
>>
>>
>> The expected result is 8e-10 (and not 9e-10).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for your time.
>>
>> Have a nice day
>>
>> Nell
>>
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