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+function g_num_exponential2normal {
+  
+  [ -z "$1" ] && return 1
+  # if there is a exponential number (for example 9.881e-05) convert it to "normal" notation
+  if [[ "$1" =~ ^(-)?(\.)?[0-9]+(\.)?([0-9]+)?(e-[0-9]+)?$ ]]
+  then
+    # convert
+    printf -v f_g_num_exponential2normal_result -- "%.12f" "$1"
+    # remove ending 0
+    if [[ $f_g_num_exponential2normal_result =~ \. ]] 
+    f_g_num_exponential2normal_result=${f_g_num_exponential2normal_result%%+(0)}
+    f_g_num_exponential2normal_result=${f_g_num_exponential2normal_result%%.}   
+    return 0
+  else
+    f_g_num_exponential2normal_result=$1
+    return 1
+  fi
+}