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Re: ToExpression again

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg82385] Re: ToExpression again
• From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
• Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:54:31 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: University System of Maryland
• References: <ff78om$o1b$1@smc.vnet.net>

x=ToExpression["1.23456789"]

Try

x//FullForm

and you will see that x has "everything", it is just the default output 
form of the numbers that rounds it.

Kevin

nils wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> when I evaluate
> 
> ToExpression["1.23456789"]
> 
> the result is
> 
> 1.23457
> 
> What do I have to do to get the result
> 
> 1.23456789 (that is with all the digits)?
> 
> Thanx to everybody who has an idea..
> Nils
> 
> 

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Kevin J. McCann
Research Associate Professor
JCET/Physics
Physics Building
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250