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 package org.apache.poi.ss.util;


 /**
  * Excel converts numbers to text with different rules to those of java, so
  *  <code>Double.toString(value)</tt> won't do.
  * <ul>
  * <li>No more than 15 significant figures are output (java does 18).</li>
  * <li>The sign char for the exponent is included even if positive</li>
  * <li>Special values (<tt>NaN</tt> and <tt>Infinity</tt>) get rendered like the ordinary
  * number that the bit pattern represents.</li>
  * <li>Denormalised values (between &plusmn;2<sup>-1074</sup> and &plusmn;2<sup>-1022</sup>
  *  are displayed as "0"</sup>
  * </ul>
  * IEEE 64-bit Double Rendering Comparison
  *
  * <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="IEEE 64-bit Double Rendering Comparison">
  * <tr><th>Raw bits</th><th>Java</th><th>Excel</th></tr>
  *
  * <tr><td>0x0000000000000000L</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3FF0000000000000L</td><td>1.0</td><td>1</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3FF00068DB8BAC71L</td><td>1.0001</td><td>1.0001</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x4087A00000000000L</td><td>756.0</td><td>756</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x401E3D70A3D70A3DL</td><td>7.56</td><td>7.56</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x405EDD3C07FB4C99L</td><td>123.45678901234568</td><td>123.456789012346</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x4132D687E3DF2180L</td><td>1234567.8901234567</td><td>1234567.89012346</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3EE9E409302678BAL</td><td>1.2345678901234568E-5</td><td>1.23456789012346E-05</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3F202E85BE180B74L</td><td>1.2345678901234567E-4</td><td>0.000123456789012346</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3F543A272D9E0E51L</td><td>0.0012345678901234567</td><td>0.00123456789012346</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3F8948B0F90591E6L</td><td>0.012345678901234568</td><td>0.0123456789012346</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3EE9E409301B5A02L</td><td>1.23456789E-5</td><td>0.0000123456789</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3E6E7D05BDABDE50L</td><td>5.6789012345E-8</td><td>0.000000056789012345</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3E6E7D05BDAD407EL</td><td>5.67890123456E-8</td><td>5.67890123456E-08</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3E6E7D06029F18BEL</td><td>5.678902E-8</td><td>0.00000005678902</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x2BCB5733CB32AE6EL</td><td>9.999999999999123E-98</td><td>9.99999999999912E-98</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x2B617F7D4ED8C59EL</td><td>1.0000000000001235E-99</td><td>1.0000000000001E-99</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x0036319916D67853L</td><td>1.2345678901234578E-307</td><td>1.2345678901235E-307</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x359DEE7A4AD4B81FL</td><td>2.0E-50</td><td>2E-50</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x41678C29DCD6E9E0L</td><td>1.2345678901234567E7</td><td>12345678.9012346</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x42A674E79C5FE523L</td><td>1.2345678901234568E13</td><td>12345678901234.6</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x42DC12218377DE6BL</td><td>1.2345678901234567E14</td><td>123456789012346</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x43118B54F22AEB03L</td><td>1.2345678901234568E15</td><td>1234567890123460</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x43E56A95319D63E1L</td><td>1.2345678901234567E19</td><td>12345678901234600000</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x441AC53A7E04BCDAL</td><td>1.2345678901234568E20</td><td>1.23456789012346E+20</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xC3E56A95319D63E1L</td><td>-1.2345678901234567E19</td><td>-12345678901234600000</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xC41AC53A7E04BCDAL</td><td>-1.2345678901234568E20</td><td>-1.23456789012346E+20</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x54820FE0BA17F46DL</td><td>1.2345678901234577E99</td><td>1.2345678901235E+99</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x54B693D8E89DF188L</td><td>1.2345678901234576E100</td><td>1.2345678901235E+100</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x4A611B0EC57E649AL</td><td>2.0E50</td><td>2E+50</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x7FEFFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>1.7976931348623157E308</td><td>1.7976931348623E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x0010000000000000L</td><td>2.2250738585072014E-308</td><td>2.2250738585072E-308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x000FFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>2.225073858507201E-308</td><td>0</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x0000000000000001L</td><td>4.9E-324</td><td>0</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x7FF0000000000000L</td><td>Infinity</td><td>1.7976931348623E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xFFF0000000000000L</td><td>-Infinity</td><td>1.7976931348623E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x441AC7A08EAD02F2L</td><td>1.234999999999999E20</td><td>1.235E+20</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x40FE26BFFFFFFFF9L</td><td>123499.9999999999</td><td>123500</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3E4A857BFB2F2809L</td><td>1.234999999999999E-8</td><td>0.00000001235</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3BCD291DEF868C89L</td><td>1.234999999999999E-20</td><td>1.235E-20</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x444B1AE4D6E2EF4FL</td><td>9.999999999999999E20</td><td>1E+21</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x412E847FFFFFFFFFL</td><td>999999.9999999999</td><td>1000000</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3E45798EE2308C39L</td><td>9.999999999999999E-9</td><td>0.00000001</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3C32725DD1D243ABL</td><td>9.999999999999999E-19</td><td>0.000000000000000001</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x3BFD83C94FB6D2ABL</td><td>9.999999999999999E-20</td><td>1E-19</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xC44B1AE4D6E2EF4FL</td><td>-9.999999999999999E20</td><td>-1E+21</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xC12E847FFFFFFFFFL</td><td>-999999.9999999999</td><td>-1000000</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xBE45798EE2308C39L</td><td>-9.999999999999999E-9</td><td>-0.00000001</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xBC32725DD1D243ABL</td><td>-9.999999999999999E-19</td><td>-0.000000000000000001</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xBBFD83C94FB6D2ABL</td><td>-9.999999999999999E-20</td><td>-1E-19</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xFFFF0420003C0000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.484840871308E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x7FF8000000000000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.6965397022935E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x7FFF0420003C0000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.484840871308E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xFFF8000000000000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.6965397022935E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xFFFF0AAAAAAAAAAAL</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.4877119413344E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x7FF80AAAAAAAAAAAL</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.7012211948322E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.5953862697246E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.5953862697246E+308</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>0xFFF7FFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.6965397022935E+308</td></tr>
  * </table>
  *
  * <b>Note</b>:
  * Excel has inconsistent rules for the following numeric operations:
  * <ul>
  * <li>Conversion to string (as handled here)</li>
  * <li>Rendering numerical quantities in the cell grid.</li>
  * <li>Conversion from text</li>
  * <li>General arithmetic</li>
  * </ul>
  * Excel's text to number conversion is not a true <i>inverse</i> of this operation.  The
  * allowable ranges are different.  Some numbers that don't correctly convert to text actually
  * <b>do</b> get handled properly when used in arithmetic evaluations.
  *
  * @author Josh Micich
  */
 public final class NumberToTextConverter {

 	private static final long EXCEL_NAN_BITS = 0xFFFF0420003C0000L;
 	private static final int MAX_TEXT_LEN = 20;

 	private NumberToTextConverter() {
 		// no instances of this class
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Converts the supplied <tt>value</tt> to the text representation that Excel would give if
 	 * the value were to appear in an unformatted cell, or as a literal number in a formula.<br>
 	 * Note - the results from this method differ slightly from those of <tt>Double.toString()</tt>
 	 * In some special cases Excel behaves quite differently.  This function attempts to reproduce
 	 * those results.
 	 */
 	public static String toText(double value) {
 		return rawDoubleBitsToText(Double.doubleToLongBits(value));
 	}
 	/* package */ static String rawDoubleBitsToText(long pRawBits) {

 		long rawBits = pRawBits;
 		boolean isNegative = rawBits < 0; // sign bit is in the same place for long and double
 		if (isNegative) {
 			rawBits &= 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL;
 		}
 		if (rawBits == 0) {
 			return isNegative ? "-0" : "0";
 		}
 		ExpandedDouble ed = new ExpandedDouble(rawBits);
 		if (ed.getBinaryExponent() < -1022) {
 			// value is 'denormalised' which means it is less than 2^-1022
 			// excel displays all these numbers as zero, even though calculations work OK
 			return isNegative ? "-0" : "0";
 		}
 		if (ed.getBinaryExponent() == 1024) {
 			// Special number NaN /Infinity
 			// Normally one would not create HybridDecimal objects from these values
 			// except in these cases Excel really tries to render them as if they were normal numbers
 			if(rawBits == EXCEL_NAN_BITS) {
 				return "3.484840871308E+308";
 			}
 			// This is where excel really gets it wrong
 			// Special numbers like Infinity and NaN are interpreted according to
 			// the standard rules below.
 			isNegative = false; // except that the sign bit is ignored
 		}
 		NormalisedDecimal nd = ed.normaliseBaseTen();
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(MAX_TEXT_LEN+1);
 		if (isNegative) {
 			sb.append('-');
 		}
 		convertToText(sb, nd);
 		return sb.toString();
 	}
 	private static void convertToText(StringBuilder sb, NormalisedDecimal pnd) {
 		NormalisedDecimal rnd = pnd.roundUnits();
 		int decExponent = rnd.getDecimalExponent();
 		String decimalDigits;
 		if (Math.abs(decExponent)>98) {
 			decimalDigits = rnd.getSignificantDecimalDigitsLastDigitRounded();
 			if (decimalDigits.length() == 16) {
 				// rounding caused carry
 				decExponent++;
 			}
 		} else {
 			decimalDigits = rnd.getSignificantDecimalDigits();
 		}
 		int countSigDigits = countSignifantDigits(decimalDigits);
 		if (decExponent < 0) {
 			formatLessThanOne(sb, decimalDigits, decExponent, countSigDigits);
 		} else {
 			formatGreaterThanOne(sb, decimalDigits, decExponent, countSigDigits);
 		}
 	}

 	private static void formatLessThanOne(StringBuilder sb, String decimalDigits, int decExponent,
 			int countSigDigits) {
 		int nLeadingZeros = -decExponent - 1;
 		int normalLength = 2 + nLeadingZeros + countSigDigits; // 2 == "0.".length()

 		if (needsScientificNotation(normalLength)) {
 			sb.append(decimalDigits.charAt(0));
 			if (countSigDigits > 1) {
     			sb.append('.');
     			sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(1, countSigDigits));
 			}
 			sb.append("E-");
 			appendExp(sb, -decExponent);
 			return;
 		}
 		sb.append("0.");
 		for (int i=nLeadingZeros; i>0; i--) {
 			sb.append('0');
 		}
 		sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(0, countSigDigits));
 	}

 	private static void formatGreaterThanOne(StringBuilder sb, String decimalDigits, int decExponent, int countSigDigits) {

 		if (decExponent > 19) {
 			// scientific notation
 			sb.append(decimalDigits.charAt(0));
 			if (countSigDigits>1) {
 				sb.append('.');
 				sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(1, countSigDigits));
 			}
 			sb.append("E+");
 			appendExp(sb, decExponent);
 			return;
 		}
 		int nFractionalDigits = countSigDigits - decExponent - 1;
 		if (nFractionalDigits > 0) {
 			sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(0, decExponent+1));
 			sb.append('.');
 			sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(decExponent+1, countSigDigits));
 			return;
 		}
 		sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(0, countSigDigits));
 		for (int i=-nFractionalDigits; i>0; i--) {
 			sb.append('0');
 		}
 	}

 	private static boolean needsScientificNotation(int nDigits) {
 		return nDigits > MAX_TEXT_LEN;
 	}

 	private static int countSignifantDigits(String sb) {
 		int result=sb.length()-1;
 		while(sb.charAt(result) == '0') {
 			result--;
 			if(result < 0) {
 				throw new RuntimeException("No non-zero digits found");
 			}
 		}
 		return result + 1;
 	}

 	private static void appendExp(StringBuilder sb, int val) {
 		if(val < 10) {
 			sb.append('0');
 			sb.append((char)('0' + val));
 			return;
 		}
 		sb.append(val);
 	}
 }
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	package org.apache.poi.ss.util;


	/**
	* Excel converts numbers to text with different rules to those of java, so
	* <code>Double.toString(value)</tt> won't do.
	* <ul>
	* <li>No more than 15 significant figures are output (java does 18).</li>
	* <li>The sign char for the exponent is included even if positive</li>
	* <li>Special values (<tt>NaN</tt> and <tt>Infinity</tt>) get rendered like the ordinary
	* number that the bit pattern represents.</li>
	* <li>Denormalised values (between ±2<sup>-1074</sup> and ±2<sup>-1022</sup>
	* are displayed as "0"</sup>
	* </ul>
	* IEEE 64-bit Double Rendering Comparison
	*
	* <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="IEEE 64-bit Double Rendering Comparison">
	* <tr><th>Raw bits</th><th>Java</th><th>Excel</th></tr>
	*
	* <tr><td>0x0000000000000000L</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3FF0000000000000L</td><td>1.0</td><td>1</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3FF00068DB8BAC71L</td><td>1.0001</td><td>1.0001</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x4087A00000000000L</td><td>756.0</td><td>756</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x401E3D70A3D70A3DL</td><td>7.56</td><td>7.56</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x405EDD3C07FB4C99L</td><td>123.45678901234568</td><td>123.456789012346</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x4132D687E3DF2180L</td><td>1234567.8901234567</td><td>1234567.89012346</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3EE9E409302678BAL</td><td>1.2345678901234568E-5</td><td>1.23456789012346E-05</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3F202E85BE180B74L</td><td>1.2345678901234567E-4</td><td>0.000123456789012346</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3F543A272D9E0E51L</td><td>0.0012345678901234567</td><td>0.00123456789012346</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3F8948B0F90591E6L</td><td>0.012345678901234568</td><td>0.0123456789012346</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3EE9E409301B5A02L</td><td>1.23456789E-5</td><td>0.0000123456789</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3E6E7D05BDABDE50L</td><td>5.6789012345E-8</td><td>0.000000056789012345</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3E6E7D05BDAD407EL</td><td>5.67890123456E-8</td><td>5.67890123456E-08</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3E6E7D06029F18BEL</td><td>5.678902E-8</td><td>0.00000005678902</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x2BCB5733CB32AE6EL</td><td>9.999999999999123E-98</td><td>9.99999999999912E-98</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x2B617F7D4ED8C59EL</td><td>1.0000000000001235E-99</td><td>1.0000000000001E-99</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x0036319916D67853L</td><td>1.2345678901234578E-307</td><td>1.2345678901235E-307</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x359DEE7A4AD4B81FL</td><td>2.0E-50</td><td>2E-50</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x41678C29DCD6E9E0L</td><td>1.2345678901234567E7</td><td>12345678.9012346</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x42A674E79C5FE523L</td><td>1.2345678901234568E13</td><td>12345678901234.6</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x42DC12218377DE6BL</td><td>1.2345678901234567E14</td><td>123456789012346</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x43118B54F22AEB03L</td><td>1.2345678901234568E15</td><td>1234567890123460</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x43E56A95319D63E1L</td><td>1.2345678901234567E19</td><td>12345678901234600000</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x441AC53A7E04BCDAL</td><td>1.2345678901234568E20</td><td>1.23456789012346E+20</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xC3E56A95319D63E1L</td><td>-1.2345678901234567E19</td><td>-12345678901234600000</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xC41AC53A7E04BCDAL</td><td>-1.2345678901234568E20</td><td>-1.23456789012346E+20</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x54820FE0BA17F46DL</td><td>1.2345678901234577E99</td><td>1.2345678901235E+99</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x54B693D8E89DF188L</td><td>1.2345678901234576E100</td><td>1.2345678901235E+100</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x4A611B0EC57E649AL</td><td>2.0E50</td><td>2E+50</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x7FEFFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>1.7976931348623157E308</td><td>1.7976931348623E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x0010000000000000L</td><td>2.2250738585072014E-308</td><td>2.2250738585072E-308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x000FFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>2.225073858507201E-308</td><td>0</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x0000000000000001L</td><td>4.9E-324</td><td>0</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x7FF0000000000000L</td><td>Infinity</td><td>1.7976931348623E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xFFF0000000000000L</td><td>-Infinity</td><td>1.7976931348623E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x441AC7A08EAD02F2L</td><td>1.234999999999999E20</td><td>1.235E+20</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x40FE26BFFFFFFFF9L</td><td>123499.9999999999</td><td>123500</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3E4A857BFB2F2809L</td><td>1.234999999999999E-8</td><td>0.00000001235</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3BCD291DEF868C89L</td><td>1.234999999999999E-20</td><td>1.235E-20</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x444B1AE4D6E2EF4FL</td><td>9.999999999999999E20</td><td>1E+21</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x412E847FFFFFFFFFL</td><td>999999.9999999999</td><td>1000000</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3E45798EE2308C39L</td><td>9.999999999999999E-9</td><td>0.00000001</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3C32725DD1D243ABL</td><td>9.999999999999999E-19</td><td>0.000000000000000001</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x3BFD83C94FB6D2ABL</td><td>9.999999999999999E-20</td><td>1E-19</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xC44B1AE4D6E2EF4FL</td><td>-9.999999999999999E20</td><td>-1E+21</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xC12E847FFFFFFFFFL</td><td>-999999.9999999999</td><td>-1000000</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xBE45798EE2308C39L</td><td>-9.999999999999999E-9</td><td>-0.00000001</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xBC32725DD1D243ABL</td><td>-9.999999999999999E-19</td><td>-0.000000000000000001</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xBBFD83C94FB6D2ABL</td><td>-9.999999999999999E-20</td><td>-1E-19</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xFFFF0420003C0000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.484840871308E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x7FF8000000000000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.6965397022935E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x7FFF0420003C0000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.484840871308E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xFFF8000000000000L</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.6965397022935E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xFFFF0AAAAAAAAAAAL</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.4877119413344E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x7FF80AAAAAAAAAAAL</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.7012211948322E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.5953862697246E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>NaN</td><td>3.5953862697246E+308</td></tr>
	* <tr><td>0xFFF7FFFFFFFFFFFFL</td><td>NaN</td><td>2.6965397022935E+308</td></tr>
	* </table>
	*
	* <b>Note</b>:
	* Excel has inconsistent rules for the following numeric operations:
	* <ul>
	* <li>Conversion to string (as handled here)</li>
	* <li>Rendering numerical quantities in the cell grid.</li>
	* <li>Conversion from text</li>
	* <li>General arithmetic</li>
	* </ul>
	* Excel's text to number conversion is not a true <i>inverse</i> of this operation. The
	* allowable ranges are different. Some numbers that don't correctly convert to text actually
	* <b>do</b> get handled properly when used in arithmetic evaluations.
	*
	* @author Josh Micich
	*/
	public final class NumberToTextConverter {

	private static final long EXCEL_NAN_BITS = 0xFFFF0420003C0000L;
	private static final int MAX_TEXT_LEN = 20;

	private NumberToTextConverter() {
	// no instances of this class
	}

	/**
	* Converts the supplied <tt>value</tt> to the text representation that Excel would give if
	* the value were to appear in an unformatted cell, or as a literal number in a formula.<br>
	* Note - the results from this method differ slightly from those of <tt>Double.toString()</tt>
	* In some special cases Excel behaves quite differently. This function attempts to reproduce
	* those results.
	*/
	public static String toText(double value) {
	return rawDoubleBitsToText(Double.doubleToLongBits(value));
	}
	/* package */ static String rawDoubleBitsToText(long pRawBits) {

	long rawBits = pRawBits;
	boolean isNegative = rawBits < 0; // sign bit is in the same place for long and double
	if (isNegative) {
	rawBits &= 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL;
	}
	if (rawBits == 0) {
	return isNegative ? "-0" : "0";
	}
	ExpandedDouble ed = new ExpandedDouble(rawBits);
	if (ed.getBinaryExponent() < -1022) {
	// value is 'denormalised' which means it is less than 2^-1022
	// excel displays all these numbers as zero, even though calculations work OK
	return isNegative ? "-0" : "0";
	}
	if (ed.getBinaryExponent() == 1024) {
	// Special number NaN /Infinity
	// Normally one would not create HybridDecimal objects from these values
	// except in these cases Excel really tries to render them as if they were normal numbers
	if(rawBits == EXCEL_NAN_BITS) {
	return "3.484840871308E+308";
	}
	// This is where excel really gets it wrong
	// Special numbers like Infinity and NaN are interpreted according to
	// the standard rules below.
	isNegative = false; // except that the sign bit is ignored
	}
	NormalisedDecimal nd = ed.normaliseBaseTen();
	StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(MAX_TEXT_LEN+1);
	if (isNegative) {
	sb.append('-');
	}
	convertToText(sb, nd);
	return sb.toString();
	}
	private static void convertToText(StringBuilder sb, NormalisedDecimal pnd) {
	NormalisedDecimal rnd = pnd.roundUnits();
	int decExponent = rnd.getDecimalExponent();
	String decimalDigits;
	if (Math.abs(decExponent)>98) {
	decimalDigits = rnd.getSignificantDecimalDigitsLastDigitRounded();
	if (decimalDigits.length() == 16) {
	// rounding caused carry
	decExponent++;
	}
	} else {
	decimalDigits = rnd.getSignificantDecimalDigits();
	}
	int countSigDigits = countSignifantDigits(decimalDigits);
	if (decExponent < 0) {
	formatLessThanOne(sb, decimalDigits, decExponent, countSigDigits);
	} else {
	formatGreaterThanOne(sb, decimalDigits, decExponent, countSigDigits);
	}
	}

	private static void formatLessThanOne(StringBuilder sb, String decimalDigits, int decExponent,
	int countSigDigits) {
	int nLeadingZeros = -decExponent - 1;
	int normalLength = 2 + nLeadingZeros + countSigDigits; // 2 == "0.".length()

	if (needsScientificNotation(normalLength)) {
	sb.append(decimalDigits.charAt(0));
	if (countSigDigits > 1) {
	sb.append('.');
	sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(1, countSigDigits));
	}
	sb.append("E-");
	appendExp(sb, -decExponent);
	return;
	}
	sb.append("0.");
	for (int i=nLeadingZeros; i>0; i--) {
	sb.append('0');
	}
	sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(0, countSigDigits));
	}

	private static void formatGreaterThanOne(StringBuilder sb, String decimalDigits, int decExponent, int countSigDigits) {

	if (decExponent > 19) {
	// scientific notation
	sb.append(decimalDigits.charAt(0));
	if (countSigDigits>1) {
	sb.append('.');
	sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(1, countSigDigits));
	}
	sb.append("E+");
	appendExp(sb, decExponent);
	return;
	}
	int nFractionalDigits = countSigDigits - decExponent - 1;
	if (nFractionalDigits > 0) {
	sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(0, decExponent+1));
	sb.append('.');
	sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(decExponent+1, countSigDigits));
	return;
	}
	sb.append(decimalDigits.subSequence(0, countSigDigits));
	for (int i=-nFractionalDigits; i>0; i--) {
	sb.append('0');
	}
	}

	private static boolean needsScientificNotation(int nDigits) {
	return nDigits > MAX_TEXT_LEN;
	}

	private static int countSignifantDigits(String sb) {
	int result=sb.length()-1;
	while(sb.charAt(result) == '0') {
	result--;
	if(result < 0) {
	throw new RuntimeException("No non-zero digits found");
	}
	}
	return result + 1;
	}

	private static void appendExp(StringBuilder sb, int val) {
	if(val < 10) {
	sb.append('0');
	sb.append((char)('0' + val));
	return;
	}
	sb.append(val);
	}
	}