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N[ ] function problem

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  • Subject: [mg41607] N[ ] function problem
  • From: "Warren Wolfe" <wwolfe18 at attbi.com>
  • Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 04:57:36 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I have found that the N[expr, n] function always returns 6 digits for n <
17. Above 17 it works as advertised. I am using version 4.2 on a Windows 98
machine. I did not have this problem with version 3.0 on this machine. Can
anyone give me a clue what's happening?

Warren Wolfe


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