Increasing precision in octave

[Ben Barrowes]

On Friday 20 June 2008, DimitryASuplatov wrote:
> Hello,
> I want to calculate the p-value with high precision. 
> I mean that when I use normal_cdf function I get
> 
> normal_cdf (real(24),m,s)
> ans =  1
> 
> and "1" is not enough precision for me. I want to see something like
> 0.999999999999999999999888
> 
> How to do that?
> 
> Thank you!
> 


There is a arbitrary precision toolbox for matlab:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=6446

but I haven't made the attempt to get it working in Octave (and don't have time at the
moment). Some help with the conversion would be appreciated...

bb