Re: Displaying decimals
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg63491] Re: [mg63476] Displaying decimals
- From: "Lea Rebanks" <lrebanks at netvigator.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:24:45 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Thank you Yehuda, Exactly what I wanted. Many thanks Happy New Year, Lea Rebanks. -----Original Message----- From: bsyehuda at gmail.com [mailto:bsyehuda at gmail.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg63491] Re: [mg63476] Displaying decimals Hi slope[50] stores more digits then is represented FullForm[slope[50]] returns 163.189230604459` If you want to display more digits you may use NumberForm NumberForm[slope[50],Infinity] returns 163.189230604459 look at the help for more advanced options of the NumberForm function yehuda On 1/2/06, Lea Rebanks <lrebanks at netvigator.com> wrote: 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.