thx a lot Jim. sprintf solved my problem. Ray
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:40 PM, jim holtman <[email protected]> wrote: > 'sprintf' if your friend: > >> dummy3 = c(1.1, 2.2, 3.3) >> dummy4 = c(4.4, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7) >> dummy2 = c(8.8, 9.9) >> >> cat(sprintf("%5.1f%6.2f%7.3f\n", dummy3[1], dummy3[2], dummy3[3])) > 1.1 2.20 3.300 >> cat(sprintf("%5.2f%6.3f%7.4f%8.5f\n", dummy4[1], dummy4[2], dummy4[3], >> dummy4[4])) > 4.40 5.500 6.6000 7.70000 >> cat(sprintf("%5.3f%6.4f\n", dummy2[1], dummy2[2])) > 8.8009.9000 >> >> > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

