Re: [R] Precision of values > 53 bits

2017-07-20 Thread Ted Harding
On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 14:33 +0200, peter dalgaard wrote: > > On 10 Jan 2013, at 15:56 , S Ellison wrote: > > > > > > > >> I am working with large numbers and identified that R looses > >> precision for such high numbers. > > Yes. R uses standard 32-bit double

[R] dynamically create columns using a function

2017-07-20 Thread DIGHE, NILESH [AG/2362]
Hi, I am writing a function to dynamically create column names and fill those columns with some basic calculations. My function "demo_fn" takes argument "blup_datacut" and I like to use the contents of those arguments to dynamically create new columns in my dataset. Please note that I have

Re: [R] Installing rpy2 on Red Hat 6

2017-07-20 Thread Marc Schwartz
> On Jul 20, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Larry Martell wrote: > > I need to install rpy2 on RHEL6. The version of R in the 6 repos is > 3.0, and rpy2 does not work with that version. I installed R 3.3.3 > following the directions here: >

[R] Installing rpy2 on Red Hat 6

2017-07-20 Thread Larry Martell
I need to install rpy2 on RHEL6. The version of R in the 6 repos is 3.0, and rpy2 does not work with that version. I installed R 3.3.3 following the directions here: https://oguya.ch/posts/2017-03-18-building-R-on-rhel-6/. But even with 3.3.3 it's still failing. Using pip it fails with:

Re: [R] Precision of values > 53 bits

2017-07-20 Thread peter dalgaard
> On 10 Jan 2013, at 15:56 , S Ellison wrote: > > > >> I am working with large numbers and identified that R looses >> precision for such high numbers. > Yes. R uses standard 32-bit double precision. Well, for large values of 32... such as 64. -- Peter Dalgaard,