[R] About infinite value

Peter Dalgaard
2007-07-23T10:06:23Z

arigado wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I have a problem about "infinite".
> If I type 10^308, R shows "1e+308"
> When I type 10^309, R shows "Inf"
> So, we know if a value is large than 1.XXXe+308, R will show
"Inf"
> How can i do let the value, like "10^400" ,typed in R to show the
word
> "1e+400" not "Inf"
>
>
1. You can't, due to the computer representation of floating point numbers.

2. Package brobdingnag lets you do it anyway.

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