On 04 May 2014, at 14:44 , ARTENTOR Diego Tentor <diegotento...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trying algorithm for products with large numbers i encountered a difference > between result of 168988580159 * 36662978 in my algorithm and r product. > The Microsoft calculator confirm my number. > > 168988580159 * 36662978 [1] 6.195625e+18 That value exceeds the relative precision of floating point numbers (approx 1e-16), so the last few digits are likely to differ from an exact calculation. The "gmp" package is there if you need it. > Thanks. > > > > > -- > > > * Gráfica ARTENTOR * > > de Diego L. Tentor > Echagüe 558 > Tel.:0343 4310119 > Paraná - Entre Ríos > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
