Does string.len() not work for large numbers?

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#1 
for i = 1, 25 do
  print(string.len(tostring(10^i))) 
end

Output:
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
5 (x12)

Then, when I do this:

print(string.len("This string is very long. It is longer than the number strings that were just a part of the previous piece of code!"))

Output:
115

Is there an explanation as to why this occurs? I’m trying to make a system that converts a number such as 1234567 into a format such as 1.234567e6, and this is a huge bottleneck.

EDIT: Hold on. The larger numbers are converted into scientific notation. Nevermind

#2

10^15 and numbers larger than that returns expoential values like 1e+15

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#3

Yea, I figured that out a bit ago, haha

#4