[R] Rounding

[David Arnold]

Hi,

Can someone explain this:

> options(digits=20)
> 1/3
[1] 0.33333333333333331483

Why the 1483 at the end?

Thanks,

David.

david-arnolds-macbook-pro-2:~ darnold$ R --version
R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26) -- "Trick or Treat"
Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)




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