Hanke, Alex-2 wrote: > > 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. >
If the fields of interest are rounded to one decimal place in the file then that most likely means the loss of precision is occurring in the program you are using to generate the CSV file-- not in the R importation step. I seem to remember either Excel or OpenOffice calc having a nasty habit of exporting to CSV what is *displayed* in the spreadsheet-- not what is actually entered to each cell. I.E. the numbers that end up in your file are subject to the display precision that was set on the cells in your spreadsheet. Hope this helps! -Charlie -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Loss-of-precision-when-importing-data-into-R-tp1477818p1478211.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
