st: floats to double

["Kompal Sinha" <kompal.sinha@anu.edu.au>]

Hi there,
I have converted a 15 digit string into a numerical number by using real()
command. My problem is that now the data is read as floats while I want it
to be in doubles as the string happens to be the caseId of my data. How do I
proceed??
Thanks
Kompal

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