Subject Index 275 
 
File name: hp 12c pt_user's guide_English_HDPMF123E27  Page: 275 of 275   
Printed Date: 2005/8/1    Dimension: 14.8 cm x 21 cm 
 
Compound interest, 49–68, 251 
Compound interest calculation, 12 
Compounding periods, 44, 49 
Conditional branching, 129–30 
Conditional test instructions, 129 
Constants, arithmetic calculations 
with, 235 
Constants, arithmetic calculations 
with, 91 
Continuous compounding, 216, 256 
Continuous memory, 86 
Continuous memory, resetting of, 42, 
47, 86, 88, 112 
Continuous rate, 216 
D 
, 37–40 
, 84, 230 
, 65, 230 
, 38 
D.MY status indicator, 38 
Data storage registers, 27–30 
Date format, 37, 86 
Dates, days between, 40 
Dates, future or past, 38 
Days, between dates, 40 
Decimal places, rounding, 87 
Decimal point, changing, 17 
Declining-balance depreciation, 176 
Deferred annuities, 169–70 
Depreciation, 84, 171–91, 254–56 
Depreciation, declining-balance, 
176 
Depreciation, excess, 191 
Depreciation, partial year, 171–91 
Depreciation, sum-of-the-years-digits, 
180 
Depreciation, with crossover, 
184–91 
Digit entry, recovering from errors in, 
92 
Digit entry, termination of, 21, 229 
Discounted cashflow analysis, 72 
Display, 87 
Display format, mantissa, 89 
Display format, standard, 88 
Display formats, number, 87 
Display, scientific notation, 88 
Displaying numbers, 41 
Displays, special, 90 
E 
, 18, 21, 65, 230 
, 46 
, 21, 31, 36, 93, 99, 102, 
129, 229, 234 
, 100, 231 
, 20, 22, 26, 237 
Editing a program, 139 
Effective interest rate, converting, 
215 
Effective rate, 216 
Entry errors, 92 
Error conditions, 90 
Error, Pr, 90 
Errors, 90 
Errors, in digit entry, 92 
Excess depreciation, 191 
Exponent, 18, 102 
Exponential, 100 
F 
, 16, 21, 69, 88, 108, 230 
, 19, 42 
, 101, 231 
, 41, 61 
Factorial, 100 
Financial registers, 41 
Financial registers, clearing, 42 
Fractional, 101 
Future value, 46 
Future value, calculating, 61 
FV, 46 
G 
, 16, 21, 108, 112, 230 
, 17, 21, 108, 114, 125, 130,