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Asked: 2026-06-13T17:25:30+00:00

I am putting a string into excel. The string is often only numeric digits

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I am putting a string into excel. The string is often only numeric digits but can have alpha characters or hypens etc.

When I don’t set the number format or set it like this
(Where xlSheet(0) is Excel.Worksheet)

xlSheet(0).Columns("N:N").EntireColumn.Columns.NumberFormat = "@"

It outputs in scientific notation.

When I use this code:

xlSheet(0).Columns("N:N").EntireColumn.Columns.NumberFormat = "0"

It rounds up the number to the nearest 100,000 so that the last five digits are 0’s when they shouldn’t be.

Should be: 1539648751235678942
But is: 1539648751235600000

The cells that have a hyphen or a letter aren’t affected and work fine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT:

I add the data like this:

I loop through and put in xlSheet(0).Cells(i, 14) = rs!value_number

Where rs is my ADODB.Recordset

EDIT2: Herbert Sitz got it by adding an apostrophe before the text! Thanks everyone.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think problem is that the number you’re trying to enter can’t be accommodated exactly by Excel. Excel has limitations on what numbers it display/represent because of the way numbers are stored internally. In Excel’s case numbers are limited to 15 digit precision (see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/excel-specifications-and-limits-HP010073849.aspx ), which is not enough to represent your number.

    You can enter the number as a string (“152..42”) and all digits will be displayed, but you won’t be able to perform exact mathematical operations with it.

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