[R] larger decimal numbers get rounded ....

[Mark Wardle]

See ?print

and try getOption('digits')

and try print(a, digits=10)

Best wishes,

Mark

P.S. Your number is internally correct, but the default print() will
round numbers for display. You can change this option if you need to.

On 06/09/07, Monica Pisica <pisicandru at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am sure there is a reason but ...... why larger decimal numbers get rounded to the nearest integer?
>
> Example:
>
> a <- 3308000.5
> a
> [1] 3308001
>
> I would like my numbers to be decimals .... since they do represent coordinates and i don't want them rounded .... how can i keep them as they are?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Monica
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Dr. Mark Wardle
Specialist registrar, Neurology
Cardiff, UK