How can I have precise coordinates

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I am working with a LiDAR point cloud data and I developed a code to get each individual strip. I developed the following code.
clc;clear;
% This code will create the files for each individual strip for the given
% point cloud.
% Strip1
Point_Cloud = load('082o01a12.txt'); % Given Point Cloud
Strip_Info = unique(Point_Cloud(:,5)); % Get the Point_Source_Data which is the strip information
Point_Data_1 = find(Point_Cloud(:,5)==Strip_Info(1)); % Find points that correspond to Strip 1
Strip_1 = Point_Cloud(Point_Data_1,1:4); % Individual Strip
dlmwrite('Strip1.txt', Strip_1); % This will create a txt file to be able to use on Cloud Compare
Once I get a txt file of the data strip I have coordinates like 7.000e+03 and I want the exact coordinates. How can I do that?

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 14 Dec 2015
dlmwrite('Strip1.txt', Strip_1, 'Precision', '%.16g'); % This will create a txt file to be able to use on Cloud Compare
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 15 Dec 2015
No, you do not need to specify precision at the time you load.
Stephen23
Stephen23 on 15 Dec 2015
Agustin's "Answer" moved here:
Thank you, it worked!

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