Rounding
On Sat, 5 Jan 2013, David Arnold wrote:
Hi, Can someone explain this:
options(digits=20) 1/3
[1] 0.33333333333333331483 Why the 1483 at the end?
Due to floating-point arithmetic, see FAQ 7.31.
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