[R] specify the number of decimal numbers

[lehe]

Thanks! 
In my case, I need to deal with a lot of such results, e.g. elements in a
matrix. If using sprintf, does it mean I have to apply to each result
individually? Is it possible to do it in a single command?


jholtman wrote:
> 
> Depending on what you want to do, use 'sprintf':
> 
>> x <- 1.23456789
>> x
> [1] 1.234568
>> as.character(x)
> [1] "1.23456789"
>> sprintf("%.1f  %.3f  %.5f", x,x,x)
> [1] "1.2  1.235  1.23457"
>>
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:40 AM, lehe <timlee126 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering how to specify the number of decimal numbers in my
>> computation using R? I have too many decimal numbers for my result, when
>> I
>> convert them to string with as.character, the string will be too long.
>> Thanks and regards!
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