[R] Increase R precision

[Alain Guillet]

As everybody told you in using options with digits... It exactly is what 
I made in the sent code.

Alain

On 27-Oct-10 14:21, Alaios wrote:
> So?
> Do you imply that I do not need to change the precision.. and if yes 
> how to change the default display settings?
>
> Best regards
> Alex
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Alain Guillet <alain.guillet at uclouvain.be>
> *To:* Alaios <alaios at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Rhelp <r-help at r-project.org>
> *Sent:* Wed, October 27, 2010 1:58:46 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [R] Increase R precision
>
> Hi,
>
> It is not a problem of precision but a problem of display.
>
> > options(digits=15)
> > (18-46)/(45-93)
> [1] 0.583333333333333
>
>
> Alain
>
>
> On 27-Oct-10 13:49, Alaios wrote:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > When I execute the following in R
> >> (18-46)/(45-93)
> > [1] 0.5833333
> >
> > I get small precision for what I am trying to deal with .  Is it 
> possible to
> > increase the precision for this and for other operations?
> >
> > For example openoffice calc for this operation returns
> >
> >
> > 0.58333333333333300000
> >
> >
> > I
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I would like to thank you for your help
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Alain Guillet
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-- 
Alain Guillet
Statistician and Computer Scientist

SMCS - IMMAQ - Université catholique de Louvain
Bureau c.316
Voie du Roman Pays, 20
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium

tel: +32 10 47 30 50