Step 1: Read the R-FAQ 7.31:
Step 2: Ask yourself whether it is likely that such a small value can
be sensibly distinguished from zero using a program that stores values
in double precision.
Step 3: Consider alternate methods, perhaps logarithms or programs
that are equipped to deal with arbitrary precision. There have been
threads on such strategies. I got on-topic results with an r-search
on : "very small" log probabilit*
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David Winsemius
On Feb 12, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Tim Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was working with some probabilities and wanted to store some small
> values. For example:
>
>> x = 2e-250
>> x
> [1] 2e-250
>> y = 2e-300
>> y
> [1] 2e-300
>> z = 2e-350
>> z
> [1] 0
>
>
> Is there any way to store a small value (e.g. 2e-350) in R?
>
> thanks!
>
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