Long Decimals - 7 digit decimals
Good morning,
I have specific coding for each line item that reads as 7 digits with a "." followed by another 7 digits. So in essence, it looks like a long decimal. Smartsheets thinks it's a decimal and rounds it up, eliminating the last 2 digits when I leave the cell. Losing the last 2 digits changes the number and messes up my coding. Also, people with read only access to my sheet can't see the full coding string that is needed.
When I try to extend the decimal places, it stops me at 5. So I tried to create a formula separating the one column into two separate columns, using the "Left" and "Right" formulas, but the "Right" formula only pulls the 5 decimal places, not the full 7.
Is there any fix for the added decimals or a way to make the full string visible?
Thanks you.
Best Answer
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Try entering an apostrophe before pasting. It will convert it to a text string which should get rid of the rounding/decimal places issue, and the apostrophe won't actually appear in the cell.
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Exactly how are you populating your string currently?
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I copy and paste it from my finance team. They send it to me via Excel.
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Try entering an apostrophe before pasting. It will convert it to a text string which should get rid of the rounding/decimal places issue, and the apostrophe won't actually appear in the cell.
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That worked. Thank you!
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Happy to help. 👍️
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