Are you sure its being imported into R without the decimal and that it's not just a print option? I can't off the cuff think of a reason why that would happen...
Try print(valueFromImport - 43988014) and see what you get Michael On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Veerappa Chetty <chett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > When I import an excel "CSV" file, large numbers such as " 43988014.3" is > imported as "43988014", leaving out the decimal ".4". How to import keeping > the fraction? > Thanks. > Chetty > > -- > Professor of Family Medicine > Boston University > Tel: 617-414-6221, Fax:617-414-3345 > emails: chett...@gmail.com,vche...@bu.edu > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.