[Proxi]

How do I enter a negativ exponent in calculator ??

All I want to do is calculate 1E(-1)* 1E(-8)

When I try to enter a negativ exponent the minus sign is referring to the base.

[gralem]

Originally posted by Proxi:
How do I enter a negativ exponent in calculator ??

All I want to do is calculate 1E(-1)* 1E(-8)

When I try to enter a negativ exponent the minus sign is referring to the base.

It works for me...try 0.1 / 1E(8). Or, you can do:

1E(1)
1/x
/
1E(8)
=

remember: *1E(-n) == /1E(n)

also works:
1E(1)
1/x
*
1E(8)
1/x
=

---gralem

[Eug]

Apple's calculator ain't the greatest.

See here.

I suppose you could type 0.1 x 0.00000001 or whatever number of decimal places you need to type.

[Proxi]

I know mathematics, but this is just a hell of a sh* calculator application that does not accept negativ exponents.

So I have to keep PCalc.

[gralem]

Originally posted by Proxi:
I know mathematics, but this is just a hell of a sh* calculator application that does not accept negativ exponents.

So I have to keep PCalc.

I'm not saying that it's not a crappy calculator. I'm not saying you don't know math. I'm just saying there is an equivelant way to get the answer...use 1/x in conjunction. But you are getting what you paid for with the app.

---gralem

[Eug]

Pcalc gives me some of the same errors that OS X's calculator does, but these errors don't exist with the Windows calculator. See my previous post.

[suhail]

Originally posted by Eug:
Apple's calculator ain't the greatest.

See here.

I suppose you could type 0.1 x 0.00000001 or whatever number of decimal places you need to type.

That's interesting… Maybe Apple should incorporate a "rounding-up" algorithm or license HP's or CASIO's technology.

[Jerommeke]

1E-9

[danengel]

fink install octave

:-) Octave is a nice MATLAB clone, which lets you do nearly anything. It's a bit an overkill for a calculator-replacement, and it runs in the Terminal!