Message-ID: <45740FB9.20800@ethz.ch>
Date: 2006-12-04T12:08:25Z
From: Sebastian Spaeth
Subject: Summary shows wrong maximum
In-Reply-To: <45740D0D.8090003@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Uwe Ligges wrote:
>>> max(libs[,"cum_hardreuses"])
>> [1] 1793
>>> summary(libs[,"cum_hardreuses"])
>> Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max.
>> 1 2 4 36 14 1790
>> (note the max value of 1790) Ouch this is bad! Anything I can do to
>> remedy this? Known bug?
> No, it's a feature! See ?summary: printing is done up to 3 significant
> digits by default. If you want it more precise, for example use:
Thanks for the info. Good to know. I didn't think that it would round
pre-comma digits though.
Grateful,
Sebastian