Change array size

If you just want to extend the vector, and fill new elements with NA, then 
a simple way is:

 > x <- 1:5
 > length(x) <- 2 ^ ceiling(log(length(x))/log(2))
 > x
[1]  1  2  3  4  5 NA NA NA
 >

However, one needs to be careful with kind of arithmetic -- floating point 
inaccuracies can cause unexpected results.  E.g., one would expect the 
following points to form a straight line, but they don't -- on my computer 
there are 4 anomalies between 29 and 50:

 > plot(ceiling(log(2**(1:50))/log(2)))

In the question asked, this is unlikely to cause problems as it is unlikely 
that a vector will have 2^29 elements.

Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way to change a vector of arbitrary size
to make it fits the nearest upper size multiple of a power of 2.

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