Setting 'float' as storage mode of a single precision object

Question

I wish to display the precision of an object as \'float\' in R while having single precision. Currently its stored as default type \'double\'.

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Answer 1

From the documentation:

R has no single precision data type. All real numbers are stored in double precision format. The functions as.single and single are identical to as.double and double except they set the attribute Csingle that is used in the .C and .Fortran interface, and they are intended only to be used in that context.

http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/double.html