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HP HP-18C - Changing the Number of Displayed Decimal Places

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Changing
the
Number
of
Displayed
Decimal
Places
To
change
the
number
of
displayed
decimal places:
1. Press I
OISP
1 to display
the
DISP
menu.
Figure 2·3. The DISP Menu
TO
SET
#DECIMAL
PLACES:
PRESS
{FIX)
OR
{ALL).
RADIX:
{.)
OR
{,)
1iDl1:iIm
__
2.
Do a or
b:
a.
To
specify
the
number
of
displayed
decimal places, press
_ . Type
the
number
of
decimal places (an integer from
o to 11)
and
press 1
INPUT
I.
b.
To
display
numbers
as precisely as possible (up to a maxi-
mum
of
12 digits), press
...
.
Changing
the
number
of
displayed
decimal places affects
what
you
see,
but
doesn't
affect
internal
calculations. Internally,
the
HP-18C
does calculations
with
12-digit numbers.*
Starting
with
two
displayed
decimal places:
Keys:
Display:
Description:
450
·
12560
Two
decimal places are
5.65
displayed.
IOlspl
_
Four decimal places
are
411NPUTI
5.65213
displayed.
IOlspl
...
5.652
Trailing zeros are
dropped
.
IOlspl
",
2
Two
decimal places are
I
INPUT
1
5.65
displayed.
• An exception is values
of
PV,
PMT,
and
INT
used
in
amortization
calculations (refer to
Amortization
on
page
66), which are
rounded
to
the
display setting.
2:
Arithmetic
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