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I am currently using "Read Excel Spreadsheet to CDT" Plug-in to read v
samuelr
over 10 years ago
I am currently using "Read Excel Spreadsheet to CDT" Plug-in to read values from Excel. However, when I have a row in excel that needs to be read in as text and the field is defined as text in the cdt, the plug-in formats the data using a numerical protocol when the data is read in. Meaning if you have data in a cell as 456000000, it will not appear this way when its read in, even though everything is defined as text. It will instead read in 4.56e8, which is a problem when you get rounding and the values become distorted. This happens for columns with mixed data as well. I was wondering if there is a way to get the plug-in to read the data as it is stored in excel, without distortion, and without making any changes the excel file like putting ' before the data....
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akhilan
over 10 years ago
What is the data type for this column in your excel spreadsheet? If it is a text you shouldn't be facing this issue. This is usually seen only with columns that have numeric data.
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akhilan
over 10 years ago
What is the data type for this column in your excel spreadsheet? If it is a text you shouldn't be facing this issue. This is usually seen only with columns that have numeric data.
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