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• Subject: [mg126770] Converting from string to real
• From: fcaleyo <fcaleyo at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 04:53:15 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi guys, I've got a problem with ToExpression[].
It seems to round large real numbers off, e.g. 
ToExpression["109266.75"] returns 109267., still a real, yet not exactly what the original string meant.
Any idea to solve this?
Many thanks
fcaleyo
 

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