So why does

   0j66 ": 1p1
3.141592653589793100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   0j66 ": %:2
1.414213562373095100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   
etc.

Come up short?

> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:05:54 -0700
> To: [email protected]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] extended decimals
> 
> Try -
> 
>     0j66 ": 1r7
> 0.142857142857142857142857142857142857142857142857142857142857142857
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:19  +0530 2007/10/17, adam dunne wrote:
> >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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