You are confusing signif() and printing! signif() returns a real number.
Printing does exactly what it is described to do, and has no concept of how the number was produced. I guess you were looking for format(), which allows more control. On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Wolfram Fischer - Z/I/M wrote: > PROBLEM > `signif' does change to scientic notation > at different levels depending on the number > of significant digits in the input. > > This can generate tables where figures change > ``irregularly'' from normal to scientific notation. > > > PROPOSAL > The change to the scientific notation should > be made only if the figure in scientific notation > - with potentially as many significant digits as > given as argument to the call of `signif' - > would be shorter than the figure in normal notation. This is a misunderstanding of what is happening -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
