On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Agustin Lobo wrote:> > I've found the following and I'm kind > of confused: > > > summary(delme) > Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. > 1 2950 5699 5756 8572 11680 > > > range(delme) > [1] 1 11675 > > > summary() and range() give different Max. value for the same > vector!summary reports only a limited number of significant digits (4, by default) and R> signif(11675,4) [1] 11680 See help(summary) for how to adjust this default. -thomas -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
I've found the following and I'm kind of confused:> summary(delme)Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. 1 2950 5699 5756 8572 11680> range(delme)[1] 1 11675 summary() and range() give different Max. value for the same vector! Agus Dr. Agustin Lobo Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC) Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n 08028 Barcelona SPAIN tel 34 93409 5410 fax 34 93411 0012 alobo at ija.csic.es -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
I think this has come up before -- try looking at the digits argument -- I think 11675 is getting round to 4 sig. dig. Ben On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Agustin Lobo wrote:> > I've found the following and I'm kind > of confused: > > > summary(delme) > Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. > 1 2950 5699 5756 8572 11680 > > > range(delme) > [1] 1 11675 > > > summary() and range() give different Max. value for the same > vector! > > > Agus > > Dr. Agustin Lobo > Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC) > Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n > 08028 Barcelona SPAIN > tel 34 93409 5410 > fax 34 93411 0012 > alobo at ija.csic.es > > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html > Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" > (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >-- 318 Carr Hall bolker at zoo.ufl.edu Zoology Department, University of Florida http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/bolker Box 118525 (ph) 352-392-5697 Gainesville, FL 32611-8525 (fax) 352-392-3704 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._