In Excel, when I enter 22222.09482 then I see 22222.0948199999 number in the formula bar

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Could you please help - as I have a weird situation that when I enter a number 22222.09482 in cell then I see a different number 22222.0948199999 in the formula bar. Below is the snapshot of the problem.



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I see the same behavior when I enter the following numbers:



22222.09482
33333.09482
44444.09482
55555.09482


but when I enter 11111.09482 and 66666.09482, 77777.09482.. until 99999.09482 then they shows correctly. I am not sure is this related to rounding ? I didn't setup any rounding profiles. Could you please help me in resolving the issue.






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  • Neat find, does same for me - can you just use ROUND()? =ROUND(A1,5), then copy/paste the data as Values and remove the original numbers?
    – BruceWayne
    3 hours ago







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    @BruceWayne, interestingly the ROUND() shows the correct digits but the copy/paste as value takes it back to the original issue!
    – Rey Juna
    21 mins ago







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    @ReyJuna - Then just do ROUND(A1,5) again on the pasted values. Then copy/paste those as values, and Round() again, then copy/paste. ... :P ...that's interesting, and it looks like @EugenRieck has the reasoning. Nice question!
    – BruceWayne
    18 mins ago














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Could you please help - as I have a weird situation that when I enter a number 22222.09482 in cell then I see a different number 22222.0948199999 in the formula bar. Below is the snapshot of the problem.



Sample error



I see the same behavior when I enter the following numbers:



22222.09482
33333.09482
44444.09482
55555.09482


but when I enter 11111.09482 and 66666.09482, 77777.09482.. until 99999.09482 then they shows correctly. I am not sure is this related to rounding ? I didn't setup any rounding profiles. Could you please help me in resolving the issue.






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  • Neat find, does same for me - can you just use ROUND()? =ROUND(A1,5), then copy/paste the data as Values and remove the original numbers?
    – BruceWayne
    3 hours ago







  • 1




    @BruceWayne, interestingly the ROUND() shows the correct digits but the copy/paste as value takes it back to the original issue!
    – Rey Juna
    21 mins ago







  • 1




    @ReyJuna - Then just do ROUND(A1,5) again on the pasted values. Then copy/paste those as values, and Round() again, then copy/paste. ... :P ...that's interesting, and it looks like @EugenRieck has the reasoning. Nice question!
    – BruceWayne
    18 mins ago












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Could you please help - as I have a weird situation that when I enter a number 22222.09482 in cell then I see a different number 22222.0948199999 in the formula bar. Below is the snapshot of the problem.



Sample error



I see the same behavior when I enter the following numbers:



22222.09482
33333.09482
44444.09482
55555.09482


but when I enter 11111.09482 and 66666.09482, 77777.09482.. until 99999.09482 then they shows correctly. I am not sure is this related to rounding ? I didn't setup any rounding profiles. Could you please help me in resolving the issue.






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Could you please help - as I have a weird situation that when I enter a number 22222.09482 in cell then I see a different number 22222.0948199999 in the formula bar. Below is the snapshot of the problem.



Sample error



I see the same behavior when I enter the following numbers:



22222.09482
33333.09482
44444.09482
55555.09482


but when I enter 11111.09482 and 66666.09482, 77777.09482.. until 99999.09482 then they shows correctly. I am not sure is this related to rounding ? I didn't setup any rounding profiles. Could you please help me in resolving the issue.






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  • Neat find, does same for me - can you just use ROUND()? =ROUND(A1,5), then copy/paste the data as Values and remove the original numbers?
    – BruceWayne
    3 hours ago







  • 1




    @BruceWayne, interestingly the ROUND() shows the correct digits but the copy/paste as value takes it back to the original issue!
    – Rey Juna
    21 mins ago







  • 1




    @ReyJuna - Then just do ROUND(A1,5) again on the pasted values. Then copy/paste those as values, and Round() again, then copy/paste. ... :P ...that's interesting, and it looks like @EugenRieck has the reasoning. Nice question!
    – BruceWayne
    18 mins ago
















  • Neat find, does same for me - can you just use ROUND()? =ROUND(A1,5), then copy/paste the data as Values and remove the original numbers?
    – BruceWayne
    3 hours ago







  • 1




    @BruceWayne, interestingly the ROUND() shows the correct digits but the copy/paste as value takes it back to the original issue!
    – Rey Juna
    21 mins ago







  • 1




    @ReyJuna - Then just do ROUND(A1,5) again on the pasted values. Then copy/paste those as values, and Round() again, then copy/paste. ... :P ...that's interesting, and it looks like @EugenRieck has the reasoning. Nice question!
    – BruceWayne
    18 mins ago















Neat find, does same for me - can you just use ROUND()? =ROUND(A1,5), then copy/paste the data as Values and remove the original numbers?
– BruceWayne
3 hours ago





Neat find, does same for me - can you just use ROUND()? =ROUND(A1,5), then copy/paste the data as Values and remove the original numbers?
– BruceWayne
3 hours ago





1




1




@BruceWayne, interestingly the ROUND() shows the correct digits but the copy/paste as value takes it back to the original issue!
– Rey Juna
21 mins ago





@BruceWayne, interestingly the ROUND() shows the correct digits but the copy/paste as value takes it back to the original issue!
– Rey Juna
21 mins ago





1




1




@ReyJuna - Then just do ROUND(A1,5) again on the pasted values. Then copy/paste those as values, and Round() again, then copy/paste. ... :P ...that's interesting, and it looks like @EugenRieck has the reasoning. Nice question!
– BruceWayne
18 mins ago




@ReyJuna - Then just do ROUND(A1,5) again on the pasted values. Then copy/paste those as values, and Round() again, then copy/paste. ... :P ...that's interesting, and it looks like @EugenRieck has the reasoning. Nice question!
– BruceWayne
18 mins ago










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When doing it's calculations, Excel needs to find a good internal binary representation for the numbers it uses. In your case, it uses a floating point number, and as a matter of fact this data format has a (very good) approximation for your number, but no exact match. So if you don't explicitly tell Excel which output format to use, it will do a "best effort", resulting in an output that is closer to the internally calculated value, but is not exactly the text you enter.



Just to make this clear: Understanding, that the text you entered represents a number and converting the sequence of digits into a number already fulfills the definition of "calculation" from above.






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    When doing it's calculations, Excel needs to find a good internal binary representation for the numbers it uses. In your case, it uses a floating point number, and as a matter of fact this data format has a (very good) approximation for your number, but no exact match. So if you don't explicitly tell Excel which output format to use, it will do a "best effort", resulting in an output that is closer to the internally calculated value, but is not exactly the text you enter.



    Just to make this clear: Understanding, that the text you entered represents a number and converting the sequence of digits into a number already fulfills the definition of "calculation" from above.






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      When doing it's calculations, Excel needs to find a good internal binary representation for the numbers it uses. In your case, it uses a floating point number, and as a matter of fact this data format has a (very good) approximation for your number, but no exact match. So if you don't explicitly tell Excel which output format to use, it will do a "best effort", resulting in an output that is closer to the internally calculated value, but is not exactly the text you enter.



      Just to make this clear: Understanding, that the text you entered represents a number and converting the sequence of digits into a number already fulfills the definition of "calculation" from above.






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        When doing it's calculations, Excel needs to find a good internal binary representation for the numbers it uses. In your case, it uses a floating point number, and as a matter of fact this data format has a (very good) approximation for your number, but no exact match. So if you don't explicitly tell Excel which output format to use, it will do a "best effort", resulting in an output that is closer to the internally calculated value, but is not exactly the text you enter.



        Just to make this clear: Understanding, that the text you entered represents a number and converting the sequence of digits into a number already fulfills the definition of "calculation" from above.






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        When doing it's calculations, Excel needs to find a good internal binary representation for the numbers it uses. In your case, it uses a floating point number, and as a matter of fact this data format has a (very good) approximation for your number, but no exact match. So if you don't explicitly tell Excel which output format to use, it will do a "best effort", resulting in an output that is closer to the internally calculated value, but is not exactly the text you enter.



        Just to make this clear: Understanding, that the text you entered represents a number and converting the sequence of digits into a number already fulfills the definition of "calculation" from above.







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