[Jprogramming] extended decimals

[adam dunne]

Is it possible to convert a number like 1r7 into an extended decimal?
I was thinking of far more than the 17 decimal places allowed by
format with fit:
":!.20 %7
0.14285714285714285
   ":!.21 %7
|limit error
|       ":!.21%7
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