Aladin, what does this do? =9.99999999999999+307

Davers

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Hi Aladin,

Once again, thanks for looking at my Attrition Report! Everything is working perfectly. We are curious here though...when I defined the name BigNum and assigned it this value: 9.99999999999999+307, what exactly is it doing?? It's returning the correct value....but how???!! We can't figure this one out!

Thanks again!!!

Dave M.
 

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On 2002-11-08 10:42, Davers wrote:
Hi Aladin,

Once again, thanks for looking at my Attrition Report! Everything is working perfectly. We are curious here though...when I defined the name BigNum and assigned it this value: 9.99999999999999+307, what exactly is it doing?? It's returning the correct value....but how???!! We can't figure this one out!

Thanks again!!!

Dave M.

http://www.mrexcel.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=19589&forum=2
 
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Thanks Aladin,

I really appreciate it!!!!

Thanks again!!!!

Dave M.
 
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