# Why does scientific notation break the range function?

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-scientific-notation-break-the-range-function/80014 "2022-04-25T20:46:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-does-scientific-notation-break-the-range-function/80014/81 "2022-04-27T13:49:40Z")

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Definitely agree the wording could be improved. Would you be willing to open a GitHub issue about the wording of this message?

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