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Re: st: after i use the edit
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lydia huang <[email protected]>
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Re: st: after i use the edit
Date
Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:07:18 +0800 (CST)
thank you very much.
--- 10年3月6日，周六, David Kantor <[email protected]> 写道：
> 发件人: David Kantor <[email protected]>
> 主题: Re: st: after i use the edit
> 收件人: [email protected]
> 日期: 2010年3月6日,周六,下午1:14
> 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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