Wow do you trust Windows calculator with those large numbers???? In fact do you at all trust Windows calculator???
Try to do this calculation 3 +8*5 in windows calculator. In standard view you get 55 In scientific view you get 43. Try it yourself!!!!!! Do you know the right answer????? This is on my Windows 8 OS, but you can track it many years back!!!!!! Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen Frede Aakmann Tøgersen Specialist, M.Sc., Ph.D. Plant Performance & Modeling Technology & Service Solutions T +45 9730 5135 M +45 2547 6050 fr...@vestas.com http://www.vestas.com Company reg. name: Vestas Wind Systems A/S This e-mail is subject to our e-mail disclaimer statement. Please refer to www.vestas.com/legal/notice If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender. > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > On Behalf Of ARTENTOR Diego Tentor > Sent: 4. maj 2014 14:44 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Problem with products in R ? > > Trying algorithm for products with large numbers i encountered a difference > between result of 168988580159 * 36662978 in my algorithm and r product. > The Microsoft calculator confirm my number. > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > > > * Gráfica ARTENTOR * > > de Diego L. Tentor > Echagüe 558 > Tel.:0343 4310119 > Paraná - Entre Ríos ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.