R help - May 2010 - Trailing zero's missing from signif function ?

Hello.

In my opinion the function

signif(1.4,digits=3)

should give 1.40

but actually gives 1.4.  Is there a magic way to add the trailing digits 
back (and converting to chracter at the same time ?)

Regards,

Paul.

Try this:

sprintf('%.2f', 1.4)

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Paul <paul@paulhurley.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> In my opinion the function
>
> signif(1.4,digits=3)
>
> should give 1.40
>
> but actually gives 1.4.  Is there a magic way to add the trailing digits
> back (and converting to chracter at the same time ?)
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul.
>
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