Selecting a Base Mode in a Program

Insert a BIN, OCT, or HEX instruction into the beginning of the program. You should usually include a DEC instruction at the end of the program so that the calculator's setting will revert, to Decimal mode when the program is done.

An instruction in a program to change the base mode will determine bow input is interpreted and how output looks during and after program execution, but it does not affect the program lines as you enter them.

Equation evaluation, SOLVE, and FN automatically set Decimal mode.

Numbers Entered in Program Lines

Before starting program entry, set the base mode. The current setting for the base mode determines the base of the numbers that are entered into program lines. The display of these numbers changes when you change the base mode.

Program line numbers always appear in base 10.

An annunciator tells you which base is the current setting. Compare the program lines below in the left and right columns. All non–decimal numbers are right justified in the calculator's display. Notice how the number 13 appears as "D" in Hexadecimal mode.

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12–24 Simple Programming

File name 32sii-Manual-E-0424

 

Printed Date : 2003/4/24

Size : 17.7 x 25.2 cm