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Default quick Q about large numbers


if i was to enter a credit card number in excel it auto formats it to
this
1.23412E+15
for this number 1234123412341234

and when i enter it in and format it as a number it makes the last
number a 0 ?
1234123412341230

why?

how to fix?


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