>>>>> David Hugh-Jones
>>>>> on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:46:47 +0100 writes:
> formatC(0.0001, digits = 3, format = "f", zero.print="<
0.01")
> Error in strrep(" ", nc - i1) : invalid 'times' value
>
> The problem, if it is one, is in .format.zeros:
> .format.zeros("0.000", "xxxxxx")
> Error in strrep(" ", nc - i1) : invalid 'times' value
>
> R version 3.5.1.
>
> David
Thank you, David.
Yes, this looks like a bug / wrong assumption in .format.zeros().
I will have a look (and report back).
Martin Maechler
ETH Zurich and R Core