Sharp PC-1403

2 00
40 : PRINT 2 . 547
3 0 : PRI NT - 350 . 5
2 5 . 00 1
l-350 . 501
2. 541
20 : PRINT 25
10 : USING " # ### .## "
Di s pl a y
Sta t em e n t
A decima l poin t c har a c t er , '. ', m a y b e i n c lu d e d i n a num e ric ma s k t o indica t e the
desir e d l ocat i on o f t he dec i ma l p o i nt. I f th e mas k pro v ide s m or e signifi c a n t deci m al
d i gits th a n ar e requir e d f o r t he v alu e t o be disp l a y ed , t he r e maining p ositions to the
right w i ll be fil l ed wi t h zero s . I f t h e re a re mo r e s ig n ifi c ant decima l d igi t s in the va l ue tha n
in the ma s k , the ext ra d i g i t s w i lt b e trun c a t ed ( no t r ounded) :
Specifying a Decimal Point
No t i ce that the last statemen t p ro du c e d an er ro r b ec a us e 5 pos i ti on s (4 dig i ts a nd a
s i gn space) we r e requ i red , b ut o n ly 4 we re p rov i ded in th e mask.
E RROR 7 IN 40
40 : PR IN T 1 0 00
3 0 : PRINT-35 0
20: PRIN T 25
D i s p l a y
( S e t the COMPUTER t o the RUN
mo de , t y p e RUN , and press I E N T ER I .)
I 2 5 1
l - 3 50 1
HJ : US I NG " # ###"
S t atem e n t
The des i red number of d i g i t s is specified u s i ng t he ' # ' c h a r a ct er . Ea c h '#' in the
mask reserve s s pace f or o n e d i g i t. The di sp l a y o r prin t a l ways contains as many
characters as are de si g nated in t h e ma sk . T h e numb e r appears t o th e f a r r i ght of th i s
field ; the r e m a in i ng pos iti ons to t he l eft ar e fille d wit h s p aces. P osit i ve nu m bers
therefore always h ave a t least o ne s p a ce a t th e l eft of th e fie l d . Sin ce th e COMPUTER
mai nta ins a m ax i m u m o f 1 0 s i g n if i cant d i gits , no mor e than 11 ' #' cha r a c t e r s should
be u s ed in a n um e r ic m a s k.
When th e t o tal numbe r of col u mns o f t he integ e r p a rt spe cified e xceed s 1 1, this integer
pa rt is reg a r d e d as 1 1 d i g it s in t he COMPUT E R.
NOTE: I n a ll exa m p les in thi s a ppe n di x , th e b egin n ing and e nd of the display e d field
w i ll be marked with a n ' I ' ch ar ac t er t o show th e size of t h e f i e ld.
Specifying Number of Digits
APPENDIXC
Formatting Outpu t