Decimal points data not displaying as expected

[g. spence]

When entering the following number in Excel it doesn't display correctly
either in the cell or the formula bar -

Cell is formatted as Number with 9 decimal points.

I enter this number: 287488758463.904876
Cell displays: 287488758463.905000000
Formula Bar displays: 287488758463.905

How can I get it to display exactly what is typed into the cell?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Excel has a 15 digit limit on numeric precision.

Preface the entry with an apostrophe.

You won't be able to do calculations but your data will be displayed as you
wish.

For more on Excel limits etc. se help on "specifications"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[pallaver]

By using an apostrophe, the cell data goes from being a number to a
string, therefore in order to use the cell for caculations, you must
revert the cell information back to a number from the string
afterwards. In VBA this is done by using val(string).