Hi , Thanks for your help, I have been trying to use the bc package but I am getting the following error "Error in system(cmd, input = input, intern = TRUE) : -l not found" any idea?? -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/problem-with-the-precision-of-numbers-tp1017727p1017996.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.