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Specifying a Number Base

Selecting a Number Base

Specifying a default number base in the Main application will apply to the current line (expression/result pair), and to all subsequent lines until you change the default number base setting. Use the number toolbar’s base buttons to specify the number base.

uTo select the number base for the line where the cursor is located

(1)Tap the down arrow button next to the < button.

This displays a palette of number base buttons.

Normal

Binary

Octal

Decimal

Hexadecimal

(2)Tap the button that corresponds to the number base you want to use.

To select binary, for example, tap .

The currently selected number base is indicated in the status bar.

(3)Execute the calculation.

When you press Eto execute the calculation, the number base you selected in step 2 is also applied automatically to the next line. You can continue using the same number base in the next line or change to another number base.

Important!

A line for which a number base is not specified is called a “normal calculation line.” To return a line to a normal calculation line, tap <in step 2 of the above procedure.

Calculation results produced by a line for which a number base is specified are followed by one of the suffixes listed below, to indicate its number system.

Number SystemSuffix

 

 

Binary

b

 

 

Octal

o

 

 

Decimal

d

 

 

Hexadecimal

h

 

 

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