Hi Listers,
I can't seem to figure out why I loose precision when I try to import a
comma delimited file using read.csv or read.table.
The fields of interest are rounded to one decimal place.
DataTimeStamp TerminalID Hours Minutes Latitude Longitude
Status Temperature Battery BootTimes Current Google
1 2/11/2010 12:22:21 PM 4894551 12 0 45.0 -66.5
0 30 12.5 7 0.0 Map
2 2/11/2010 11:22:21 AM 4894551 11 0 45.0 -66.5
0 30 12.5 6 0.0 Map
3 2/11/2010 10:21:31 AM 4894551 10 0 45.0 -66.5
0 30 12.5 5 0.0 Map
When I construct a tab delimited file and import it without specifying a
delimiter, I can see higher precision only when I don't specify a
separator.
2/11/2010 4:21:51
PM\t4894551\t16\t0\t45.017\t-66.455\t0\t30\t14.4\t3\t0.5\tMap
I can't see any arguments that control the rounding to 1 decimal place.
What am I doing wrong? I have a Dell Precision M6400 running Windows XP
and R version 2.10.1
Regards
Alex
Here is some of the data:
DataTimeStamp,TerminalID,Hours,Minutes,Latitude,Longitude,Status,Tempera
ture,Battery,BootTimes,Current,Google
2/11/2010 12:22:21 PM,4894551,12,0,45.017,-66.45,0,30,12.5,7,0.0,Map
2/11/2010 11:22:21 AM,4894551,11,0,45.017,-66.45,0,30,12.5,6,0.0,Map
2/11/2010 10:21:31 AM,4894551,10,0,45.017,-66.45,0,30,12.5,5,0.0,Map
2/11/2010 9:26:21 AM,4894551,9,0,45.017,-66.452,0,30,12.5,4,0.0,Map
2/11/2010 8:22:21 AM,4894551,8,0,45.017,-66.455,0,30,12.6,3,0.0,Map
2/11/2010 7:21:31 AM,4894551,7,0,45.017,-66.455,0,30,12.6,2,0.0,Map
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