On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 14:33 +0200, peter dalgaard wrote: > > On 10 Jan 2013, at 15:56 , S Ellison <s.elli...@lgcgroup.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> I am working with large numbers and identified that R looses > >> precision for such high numbers. > > Yes. R uses standard 32-bit double precision. > > > Well, for large values of 32... such as 64.
Hmmm ... Peter, as one of your compatriots (guess who) once solemnly said to me: 2 plus 2 is never equal to 5 -- not even for large values of 2. Best wishes, Ted. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
