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Re: st: after i use the edit
From
David Kantor <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: after i use the edit
Date
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:14:33 -0500
At 08:31 PM 3/5/2010, Lydia Huang wrote:
" You attempted to passte one or more string values into numeric
variables. The contents of these cells, if any, are unchanged."
What I have found is that numbers like 2124001000031220 has changed
into 2.124e+15.
what does this mean? what should i do?
That value is being taken as numeric; as such is is an enormous
value. It is being displayed in scientific notation.
Possibly an appropriate format would enable you to see the full
value. Maybe %18.0f .
See -help format-.
HTH
--David
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