Cells in Excel file output formatted to exponential format

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I have generated an excel file using the FM, ' SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_ATT_SEND_API1 ' and cells in certain column are diplayed in the exponential format in excel. I had converted all the data to be populated into character type.
As you may see, the Invoice Number ( vbeln CHAR 10 ) and the EAN Code ( ean11 CHAR 18 ) are in exponential format.
But, as I expanded the cells, Invoice Number was displayed correctly but not EAN Code.
Invoice Number - 5090002040
EAN Code - 4011100191006
Is it because EAN Code is only 13 Characters long when it was supposed to be 18?
Please suggest any alternate logic for the EAN Code.
Thanks.
Arun G Nair

Hello Alex,
No spaces or apostrophes or inverted commas are to be added to the EAN Code ( 4011100191006 ).
I have tried fetching the value and storing it into a string and then assigning that string to ean code variable but didn't work out. At the moment it is being stored in a variable of character datatype.
As you may see, it works fine for Invoice Number, then why is it NOT working for EAN Code. They have the same character datatypes and are also asigned to variables of similar datatypes.

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