[R] Wired result when I convert from Character to Numeric

Gerrit Eichner Gerr|t@E|chner @end|ng |rom m@th@un|-g|e@@en@de
Wed May 23 12:46:52 CEST 2018


Hi, Christofer,

try

print(as.numeric(x), digits = 10) # or another number of digits

to increase the printed(!) precision.

  Hth  --  Gerrit

Am 23.05.2018 um 12:42 schrieb Christofer Bogaso:
> Hi,
> 
> Below is my simple result in R
> 
>> x = "1282553.8210000000"
>> as.numeric(x)
> [1] 1282554
> 
> Any idea where all numbers in the decimal places (ie 8, 2, 1) are gone?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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