From: CJB on
Giffgaff has just sent me an email listing the reward points for my
new account. The telephone no. referenced for this is given as 4.47708E
+11 - the 44 means UK, the telphone no. is indeed (0)778... but
where's the rest???? Doh!! CJB.
From: Steve Wyles on
On 06/03/2010 18:28, CJB wrote:
> Giffgaff has just sent me an email listing the reward points for my
> new account. The telephone no. referenced for this is given as 4.47708E
> +11 - the 44 means UK, the telphone no. is indeed (0)778... but
> where's the rest???? Doh!! CJB.

They obviously formated it as a number instead of text in the output.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E_notation
From: R. Mark Clayton on

"Steve Wyles" <steve(a)inhouse.co.uk> wrote in message
news:7vfmctFivnU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> On 06/03/2010 18:28, CJB wrote:
>> Giffgaff has just sent me an email listing the reward points for my
>> new account. The telephone no. referenced for this is given as 4.47708E
>> +11 - the 44 means UK, the telphone no. is indeed (0)778... but
>> where's the rest???? Doh!! CJB.
>
> They obviously formated it as a number instead of text in the output.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E_notation

+447708 00000000...