Why Is ToString() Rounding My Double Value?

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How do I prevent my double value from being rounded when converting to a string? I have tried both Convert.ToString and ToString() with the same result.

For example my double may look something like 77.987654321, and the two strings conversions convert to to 77.98765. I need to keep the precision of the value as is.

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