sum with n decimal places R

Question

I am trying to have sum of two values in R with 6 decimal places but it only returns with 5.

85.85+0.01302778
# [1] 85.86303

I tried

round(85.85+0.01302778,6)

but it does not work.

Actually sum(85.85,0.01302778) gives only 5 decimals and I did not find any scope of decimal places in ?sum.

Any suggestions

See [Controlling digits in R](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2287616/controlling-digits-in-r) -- it is how the object is printed. try `print(85.85+0.01302778, digits = 10)` — mnel, Aug 07 '13 at 06:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '13 at 07:14

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Try this to get 6 digits:

> options(digits=8)
> 85.85+0.01302778
[1] 85.863028

answered Aug 07 '13 at 07:14

maximus

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