reading large numbers

I believe you were already answered.

Nothing is happening to your numbers. The default digits
used to *display* your numbers is too small to show all
the decimal places.

There's nothing to worry about; full precision is being used
for all calculations.

But if for some reason you'd like to see them, you can
change the default digits used for printing:

as.numeric(4398801.3)

[1] 4398801

as.numeric(439880.3)

[1] 439880.3

options()$digits

[1] 7

options(digits=14)

as.numeric(4398801.3)

[1] 4398801.3

as.numeric(439880.3)

[1] 439880.3

Sarah

Hi,
This happens when I read in large numbers;
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as.numeric(4398801.3)

[1] 4398801

as.numeric(439880.3)

[1] 439880.3
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Please help to read in numbers with more than 8 characters!
Thanks.
Chetty

Sarah Goslee
http://www.functionaldiversity.org