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RE: N[ ] function problem

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  • Subject: [mg41612] RE: [mg41607] N[ ] function problem
  • From: "Florian Jaccard" <jaccardf at eicn.ch>
  • Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:13:37 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

If you use FullForm[] , you will see that the other digits are still
available... They only aren't displayed.

To display them, use SetPrecision or SetAccuracy !

Meilleures salutations

Florian Jaccard


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Warren Wolfe [mailto:wwolfe18 at attbi.com]
Envoyé : mer., 28. mai 2003 10:58
À : mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Objet : [mg41607] N[ ] function problem


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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