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Re: output precision

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg26555] Re: [mg26553] output precision
• From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
• Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:22:54 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

on 01.1.5 2:34 PM, Peter Klamser at klamser at t-online.de wrote:

> Hi, a trivial problem:
> 
> 39.78 9.37=372.7386
> 
> Mathematica says:
> 
> 39.78 9.37=372.739
> 
> How can I make Mathematica output the prescise result?
> 
> Regrads, peter Klamser
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
In[5]:=
NumberForm[39.78  9.37, 8]

Out[5]//NumberForm=
"372.7386"


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