https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Excel-Reading-Exponentials/m-p/44869#M11831 Hi I am having a numeric variable(accno) having 20 digits but when i am importing it in to sas it was showing exponentials how can i Resolve this.<BR /> I have converted the variables in to Charrater by adding a character variable .But the (account no) is not getting correctly<BR /> <BR /> Ex: 19867839765432678098 out:1.90E98<BR /> <BR /> Pl let me know Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:34:27 GMT R_Win 2010-07-07T05:34:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Excel-Reading-Exponentials/m-p/44869#M11831 Hi I am having a numeric variable(accno) having 20 digits but when i am importing it in to sas it was showing exponentials how can i Resolve this.<BR /> I have converted the variables in to Charrater by adding a character variable .But the (account no) is not getting correctly<BR /> <BR /> Ex: 19867839765432678098 out:1.90E98<BR /> <BR /> Pl let me know Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:34:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Excel-Reading-Exponentials/m-p/44869#M11831 R_Win 2010-07-07T05:34:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Excel-Reading-Exponentials/m-p/44870#M11832 Import the account number with informat $20.<BR /> <BR /> Never store an account number in a numeric variable.<BR /> <BR /> You can't store 20 digits in a numeric SAS variable with full precision - and you sure don't want to change account numbers when rounding happens <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span><BR /> <BR /> HTH<BR /> Patrick Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:44:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Excel-Reading-Exponentials/m-p/44870#M11832 Patrick 2010-07-07T06:44:40Z