# Printing exact decimal representations

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printing-exact-decimal-representations/103365>\
**Category:** Numerics\
**Tags:** float, bigfloat\
**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/printing-exact-decimal-representations/103365 "2023-08-29T21:15:17Z")\
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> [@Calculation of remainder, floating point issues](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calculation-of-remainder-floating-point-issues/103338/8):
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> depends on the current precision setting

Not sure what you mean. Yes, the global setting may be used at construction time, but I don’t think it affects printing:

```julia-repl
julia> b = big(1.0)/3
0.3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333348

julia> setprecision(BigFloat, 1)
1

julia> b
0.3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333348

```

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