Convert exponential number presented as string to a decimal

Question

Let\'s suppose I have a string that contains \"7.2769482308e+01\" (this number came from 3rd party software, I cannot control the format).

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Answer 1

I had success using number_format(1.2378147769392E+14, 0, '', '') which was originally provided by this question.

This also works when the value is a string, like so: number_format("1.2378147769392E+14", 0, '', ''). Go ahead, give it a try.