Setting

Options (Continued)

 

 

Number

The number format mode you set is the

Format

number format used in both HOME

 

and the current aplet.

 

Standard. Full-precision display.

 

Fixed. Displays results rounded to a

 

number of decimal places. Example:

 

123.456789 becomes 123.46 in

 

Fixed 2 format.

 

Scientific. Displays results with an

 

exponent, one digit to the left of the

 

decimal point, and the specified

 

number of decimal places. Example:

 

123.456789 becomes 1.23E2 in

 

Scientific 2 format.

 

Engineering. Displays result with an

 

exponent that is a multiple of 3, and

 

the specified number of significant

 

digits beyond the first one. Example:

 

123.456E7 becomes 1.23E9 in

 

Engineering 2 format.

 

Fraction. Displays results as fractions

 

based on the specified number of

 

decimal places. Examples:

 

123.456789 becomes 123 in

 

Fraction 2 format, and .333 becomes

 

1/3 and 0.142857 becomes 1/7.

 

See “Using fractions” on page 1-25.

Decimal

Dot or Comma. Displays a number

Mark

as 12456.98 (Dot mode) or as

 

12456,98 (Comma mode). Dot mode

 

uses commas to separate elements in

 

lists and matrices, and to separate

 

function arguments. Comma mode

 

uses periods (dot) as separators in

 

these contexts.

 

 

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