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Export-function in Mathematica v4.0

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  • Subject: [mg19286] Export-function in Mathematica v4.0
  • From: "Martin Heimann" <martin.heimann at bgc-jena.mpg.de>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:34:44 -0400
  • Organization: mpi
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In the documentation to the "Export" function it says that 

"Machine-precision numbers are by default written to six-digit precision".

If I try:

z = {{Pi, 2 Pi}, {10, 100.}} // N
{{3.14159, 6.28319}, {10., 100.}}

Export["z1.dat", z]

I get the file "z1.dat":

3.141592653589793   6.283185307179586
10.                 100.

This is not 6-digit precision. Is there a way to specify the precision that the
"Export" function should  use?

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