[R] c() coverts real numbers to integers?

John Poulsen jpoulsen at ufl.edu
Fri Mar 6 19:59:32 CET 2009


Thanks!  That solved it.  I obviously had done something stupid.  I just 
redefined my options(digits=7) and they are all there.  Sorry for the 
silly question, and thanks for the suggestion towards options().

Thanks!
John

David Winsemius wrote:
> > STX<-c(16.0962, 16.1227, 16.0921, 16.1498)
> > STY<-c(2.0387, 2.0214, 1.9877, 1.9846)
> > STX
> [1] 16.0962 16.1227 16.0921 16.1498
> > STY
> [1] 2.0387 2.0214 1.9877 1.9846
>
> Did you perhaps redefine c()?
>
> Or:
>  options()$digits
>
> If not, then what do these say:
>
> str(STX)
> str(STY)
>
>
> On Mar 6, 2009, at 1:47 PM, John Poulsen wrote:
>>
>> I know I am forgetting to do something silly.  I typed coordinates in
>> vectors (as below) but when I call them in R they come out as integers,
>> and I want them to be real numbers.  I have tried using as.numeric,
>> as.real, etc... but they are still read by R as integers.
>>
>> STX<-c(16.0962, 16.1227, 16.0921, 16.1498)
>> STY<-c(2.0387, 2.0214, 1.9877, 1.9846)
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>
> David Winsemius, MD
> Heritage Laboratories
> West Hartford, CT
>
>




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