Thanks. I should have been clearer. The output is the string "XXX.XX" and "XXX".
So xify(4.1) should produce "XXX.X" as character string. Any pointers? Or did I miss something with formatC? -----Original Message----- From: Christos Hatzis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 16:21 To: Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [R] String manipulation and formatting See ?formatC You might need to write a simple wrapper function to implement the interface that you want. -Christos -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global) Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:07 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [R] String manipulation and formatting I'm trying to write a simple function that does the following: [command] xify(5.2) [output] XXX.XX [command] xify(3) [output] XXX Any simple solutions (without using python/perl/unix script/...)? Thanks, Saghir --------------------------------------------------------- Legal Notice: This electronic mail and its attachments are i...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html --------------------------------------------------------- Legal Notice: This electronic mail and its attachments are i...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
