The inline calculator operates at between 6 and 10 decimal places of accuracy but normally, you will not want to display this number of decimal places. There are two separate ways of controlling the way display produced.
| 1. | You can control the output of an individual calculation using the built in round, fix, sig, sci and exact functions. These will be discussed in the next section. |
| 2. | You can control the display of all calculations in an equation using the parameters definition screen. |
There are seven different output options.
Dec |
Decimal display at the largest number of decimal places available |
12.4456743 |
Rnd (Round) |
Round the output to the indicted number of decimal places |
eg 12.4456743 becomes 12.446 if rounded to 3 decimal places. |
Fix |
Fix the output to the indicated number of decimal places, padding with zeros if required. This is often used for currency. |
eg 12.2025323 becomes 12.20 if fixed to 2 decimal places. |
Sci |
Display the result in scientific notation with the indicated number of decimal places in the mantissa |
eg 135.32454577 becomes 1.354 × 102 when displayed with a 3 decimal place mantissa. |
Exa |
Keep the result exact if possible |
eg (5/2)2 becomes 25/4. 2/10 becomes 1/5. |
Sig |
Shows the output with the indicated number of significant figures |
eg 2.403556 becomes 2.40 if shown with 3 significant figures. |
Uns |
Keeps the result as an unsimplified exact value if possible |
eg 2/10 remains as 2/10. |