>I want to convert an arbitrary number with an arbitrary number of decimal places to a string and back, and get the exactly the same number, for example:
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>1234.5678 to string "1234.5678" to number again 1234.5678
>456 to string "456" to number again 456 (not 456.00)
>987654325.123456 to string "987654325.123456" to number again 987654325.123456
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>I don't know in advance the number of digits or number of decimal digits.
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>I don´t mind if the string is in any other format, like binary bytes or anything like that, I just want to get exactly the same number back. This is for storing a numeric value in the registry as a binary string, and then get back the number stored.
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>Any ideas?
What's the maximum number of digits after the . ? I think there should be some limit otherwise there would be no way.
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