Re: Displaying decimals
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg63493] Re: Displaying decimals
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:24:50 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
- References: <dpb0q8$1ph$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, slope[x_] := 160.245051009838`100 + 0.05888359189242`100*x ?? or slope[x_] := 160.245051009838 + 0.05888359189242*x slope[50] // SetPrecision[#, 20] & or slope[50] // FullForm Regards Jens "Lea Rebanks" <lrebanks at netvigator.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:dpb0q8$1ph$1 at smc.vnet.net... | | Given the enclosed function, I can not make Mathematica v5.1 display | greater than 3 decimals. Please help. | | slope[x_]:=160.245051009838+0.05888359189242*x | | EG. slope[50] = 163.189 | | I don't know how or why this is happening. I have tried N[expr,20] to | no avail. | | Many thanks for your attention. | | Lea Rebanks. |