How do I prevent R from rounding?
For example,
> a<-893893084082902
> a
[1] 8.93893e+14
I am losing a lot of information there. I have tried signif() and it doesn't seem to do what I want.
Thanks in advance!
(This came up as a result of a student of mine trying to determine how long it would take to count to a quadrillion at a number per second)
Answer
It's not rounding; it's just the default format for printing large (or small) numbers.
a <- 893893084082902
> sprintf("%f",a)
[1] "893893084082902.000000"
See the "digits" section of ?options for a global solution.