> Daniel Carrera wrote: > > Peter Knudsen wrote: > > > > > >>Is there a way of telling Calc to show numbers in > >>engineering mode such as 150e-3 or 100e3 instead of > >>respectively 1.50e-1 and 1.00e5 > > > > > > Use a user-defined numering format: 000E+000 > > > > > > Cheers, > > Sorry, Daniel, that doesn't do it. In engineering mode the exponent is > always a multiple of 3. > > 5 = 5e+0 > 50 = 50e+0 > 500 = 500e+0 > 5000 = 5e+3 > 50000 = 50e+3 > 500000 = 500e+3 > 5000000 = 5e+6 > etc... > > It follows from the use of metric prefixes of kilo, mega, tera, peta > and milli, micro, nano, atto, femto, etc... > > That's been the standard in engineering school since at least the late > 70's when I attended. >
Boy, are you a young thing! When I was going (not a gear) they had multiple scale, PI folder scales, etc slip sticks. Chris > And I have yet to find a calculator -- either physical or computer app > -- capable of displaying such since my venerable old HP-41C died (the > display went to crap on it). It may seem silly but I still miss that > thing sometimes. > > > Rod > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
