| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
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I have a customer with a problem using the calculator.
He enters the folowing sequence:
40 * 7.25% + 40
This results in 156
If you enter 40 * 7.25% the accumulator shows 2.9, when you then
press the + key the accumulator show 116, which is then added to
the 40 resulting in 156. Is this a malfunction in the calculator
or what???
thanks for any information
bernie
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 686.1 | right answer; wrong problem | STAR::BRANDENBERG | Si vis pacem para bellum | Wed Apr 26 1989 17:17 | 5 |
Try "40 + 7.25 % ="
-m
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| 686.2 | thanks -- do you know why? | NEXUS::B_BRADACH | Thu Apr 27 1989 13:04 | 6 | |
thanks, for the quick response. Can shed any light on why it won't
work the other way?
bernie
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| 686.3 | STAR::BRANDENBERG | Si vis pacem para bellum | Thu Apr 27 1989 13:35 | 6 | |
That's simply how '%' works on any infix calculator. Think of it as
the sequence: "multiply second operator argument by first operator
argument, divide by 100 and replace second operator argument with this
value."
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