[R] as.numeric looses precision

[Bos, Roger]

I have a string that contains a number and when I convert it to a number I loose precision and I would like to know if there is a way to avoid that.  Here is my example:

p <- "1087.003489"
as.numeric(p, digits=6)

R gives me 1087.003:

> p <- "1087.003489"
> as.numeric(p, digits=6)
[1] 1087.003

I would be nice if I could keep all the decimal places after the conversion.

Thanks,

Roger





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