excel converts formula to exponential notation
Hi all,
I have a column that contains a formula. I have formatted the column general. I type in the formula and copy it down the column. Some of the clls calc fine, others show as exponential notation. There is nothing special that I can see about the cells being used in the calculation. It seems random but I am sure it's not. What's up? I have attached sheet. Check out rows starting 294. Thanks. QCC01-T2-Process-20110914v3.xlsx
I have a column that contains a formula. I have formatted the column general. I type in the formula and copy it down the column. Some of the clls calc fine, others show as exponential notation. There is nothing special that I can see about the cells being used in the calculation. It seems random but I am sure it's not. What's up? I have attached sheet. Check out rows starting 294. Thanks. QCC01-T2-Process-20110914v3.xlsx
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But I cannot format as number because the cells are formulas, right?
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interesting - I did as I was told ... it works. It appears that it only happens when the formula equates to 0.00?
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excellent - - thanks for the great clarification and explanation.
the value in cell I294 is
-0.00000000000011368683772
The General format will display this in exponential notation. To change that, format the cells as Number instead.
cheers, teylyn