[R] a quick question about "format()"

[runner]

In the documentation of 'pairs'(package:graphics), within the last example,
it reads: 

format(c(r, 0.123456789), digits=3)[1]

Why not simple use: format(r, digits=3)? What is the difference?

Thanks.
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