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Message-ID: <de0ca8f5-6334-75a0-09d9-cc55693d5353@math.uni-giessen.de>
Date: 2018-05-23T10:46:52Z
From: Gerrit Eichner
Subject: Wired result when I convert from Character to Numeric
In-Reply-To: <CA+dpOJk_CcRYokvaaZm0hOfjWBK1KVJUa4HW5aD1Yk3aNymntg@mail.gmail.com>

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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