Re: [R] Integer manipulation
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Wayne Jones wrote: > Hi there, > > When I enter a particularly long number into R it rounds it down into > scientific notation. > For example, > > > 251002679 > > [1] 2.51e+12 > > How can I preserve the precision of the original number? It has been preserved: > a<-251002679 > 25100-a [1] -2679 For numbers above 2^31 (or whatever .Machine$integer.max is), you have to use floating point, which gives you about 15 digits accuracy. If you want to print a number to more digits than the default, use the digits= option to print(), or change options(digits) -thomas __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
[R] Integer manipulation
Hi there, When I enter a particularly long number into R it rounds it down into scientific notation. For example, > 251002679 [1] 2.51e+12 How can I preserve the precision of the original number? Regards, Wayne Dr Wayne R. Jones Statistician / Research Analyst KSS Group plc St James's Buildings 79 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6SS Tel: +44(0)161 609 4084 Mob: +44(0)7810 523 713 KSS Ltd A division of Knowledge Support Systems Group plc Seventh Floor St James's Buildings 79 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6SS England Company Registration Number 2800886 (Limited) 3449594 (plc) Tel: +44 (0) 161 228 0040 Fax: +44 (0) 161 236 6305 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.kssg.com The information in this Internet email is confidential and may b... [[dropped]] __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
