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PRoblem in reading numeric data as String from excel files

 
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Hi
I am using Apache POI to read from excel files,the problem i am facing is that when i store a contact number in a cell,i am unable to read it as a string and store it,if i try to convert it into string using the String.valueOf() method it converts into the proper scientific form.

Can anybody suggest a way to go around this???
 
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Are you specifically setting the cell type to string? I think the default is numeric, in which case effects like the one you describe are to be expected.
 
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