HP 30b Professional, 20b Consultant Financial manual Error Messages and Calculator Status

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Error Messages

 

Error Messages and Calculator Status

 

Table 14-1 Error Messages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error Message

Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Underflow

The calculation generated an underflow (result of 0).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: x/0

Division by zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: 0/0

Zero divided by zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: ∞ *0

Infinite multiplied by zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: ∞ / ∞

Infinite divided by infinite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER:

/(x<0)

Square root of a negative number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: LN (0)

LN of 0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: LN (x<0)

LN of a negative number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: ATrig(

 

x

 

>1)

ASIN or ACOS of a number for which the absolute value is > 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: 1^ ∞

Attempted calculation of 1^+/–Infinite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: (x<0)^ ∞

Attempted calculation of the infinite power of a negative number.

 

ER: ∞ ^0

Attempted calculation of +/- ∞ ^0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: ∞ ^(Frac)

Attempted calculation of +/- ∞ ^ (non-integer y).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: (x<0)^(Frac)

Attempted calculation of (-x) ^ (non-integer y).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Out of Bounds

Input out of bounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Invalid P/YR

Returned by TVM functions if payments per year are invalid (0 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-integer).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Invalid Input

Returned if arguments are invalid for any reason.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Invalid I%

Returned by finance functions if I is ≤ 100%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: No Solution

Returned when there is no solution to the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Many or No Solutions

Returned if there is no solution, or more than one solution to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Many Solutions

Returned when there are many solutions to the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Invalid N

Returned by TVM/Amort if N is invalid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: User Abort

Returned by long functions if user stops the calculation prior to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

completion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: ∞ Result

Returned if the result is infinite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: Insufficient Data

Returned by statistics functions if there is insufficient data for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

analysis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ER: No Payback

Returned by payback function if there is no payback on this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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