Section 5

The Display

and Continuous Memory

Display Control

The HP-15C has three display formats – •, i, and ^ – that use a given number (0 through 9) to specify display format. The illustration below shows how the number 123,456 would be displayed specified to four places in each possible mode.

´•4 : 123,456.0000

´i4

: 1.2346

05

´^4

: 123.46

03

Owing to Continuous Memory, any change you make in the display format will be preserved until Continuous Memory is reset.

The current display format takes effect when digit entry is terminated; until then, all digits you key in (up to 10) are displayed.

Fixed Decimal Display

(fixed decimal) format displays a figure with the number of decimal places you specify (up to nine, depending on the size of the integer portion.) Exponents will be displayed if the number is too small or too large for the display. At ―power-up,‖ the HP-15C is in 4 format. The key sequence is ´•n.

Keystrokes

Display

 

123.4567895

123.4567895

 

´•4

123.4568

 

´•6

123.456790

Display is rounded to six decimal

 

 

places. (Ten places are stored

 

 

internally.)

´•4

123.4568

Usual 4 display.

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