[R] Vernier Caliper function vernier()

[Rajarshi Guha]

On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 21:31 +0100, Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
> Its definition is below. Test it by entering
> 
>   vernier(pi+sqrt(.182))
> 
> By following the instructions you should find that
> the result is
> 
>   x = 3 Units + 5 Tenths + 7 Hundredths
> 
> which is good enough for anyone. It generalises to
> non-decimal Vernier Calipers (change the default "n=10",
> but I leave it to you to work out how to deal with the
> texts).

Wow!

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