mike allen wrote:

i am faguely familiar w/ the "E" notation in math (scientific
format?), but it is causing me a problem and i need to know how to
re-fomat a number to NOT imply to be an "E" number. i asked a
question earlier about "if it looks like it is a match, it is a
match." well, i found out the problem and it is when an field
(nothing to do w/ math, science...) is brought in to a spreadsheet
and it fits the profile that can be reduced to scientific (6E+02),
excel does it. that messes everything up, though. TRY THIS OUT...

type in 6004665102 in cell A1 (set column width = 7.5 w/ times new
roman at size 10 to see this ugly transformation to scientific).
then type in '6004665102 in cell B1 (must start w/ the hyphen to
eliminate transformation to scientific format; also can set column
width if you like). set both cells to format--cells--general just so
we are on even playing field. write code:
Sub scientificjunk()
If Range("a1") = Range("b1") Then
MsgBox "they match!"
Else
MsgBox "something's wrong."
End If
End Sub

you can use: trim(B1) or B1.value, etc. all you want in code, but
you can't touch A1 since A1 is ultimately part of large array brought
in (maybe in text, maybe in html...). can you get it to say "they
match!"? without touching cell A1 in spreadsheet or qualifying
range("a1") in the code. my main goal: how can i NOT have A1 revert
to scientific when downloaded? good luck, mike allen

OTOH: type in 6004665102 in cell A1 *and* B1, without quotes.
Make sure A1 is in sci notation and B1 is not.
Your code will say they are identical.

BTW: it's better code if you explicitly write
Range("a1").Value = Range("b1").Value
This way you only compare the value of the cells and not the entire
cells.

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