Error in Calculator on Mac!

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Error in Calculator on Mac!

Hello
Sry for my bad language, i'm swiss.
so, i found an error in calculator on mac(OS Leopard).
Try 0,14 x 100, it will give a error.
its not possible to insert a 0,... value.
i hope it's only a settings problems.
Else, i wouldn't buy a new mac, because this is a simple math rule what every pc or mac should know.
could you help me?
i am really sad and angry about that, because i paid a lot and i didn't became the quality for that price.

thanks and see you

Baumgartner Marco

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 7, 2008 1:37 AM

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Answer 1

May 7, 2008 5:57 AM in response to BaumgartnerMarco

Hello BaumgartnerMarco:

Welcome to Apple discussions.

I think the problem lies in what, as I recall, is the European representation of a decimal number. In the US we use 0.14, you use 0,14. The calculator assumes a leading non-significant zero if you type 0.14. Try it 0.14x100=14 on the calculator.

Barry

P.S. Your English is much better than my (pick the language) German, French, Italian, or Romanish

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Answer 2

May 7, 2008 5:02 PM in response to BaumgartnerMarco

thank you very much for awnser.

i was at the DataQuest store(Premium Apple Reseller in Switzerland), they didn't knew that
so we try it on a test/sell iMac in the shop, it doesn't work with the "." or with ",".
We try the german layout too, because they use the point too, with the same negative resault.-.-'

i don't know, am i the first user with that problem?
No one else use the calculator? good in math hmm ? 😀
it might be a bug in the swiss layout...

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Answer 3

deh2k

Level 4

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May 7, 2008 6:29 PM in response to BaumgartnerMarco

I suspect that this has something to do with the Swiss keyboard or numeric format.

Can you try some more tests, such as:

14 x 100 = 1400
0,14 * 100 = 14
0.14 * 100 = 14

Can you also try entering the information by clicking the mouse on the Calculator instead of using keys on the keyboard?

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Answer 4

May 8, 2008 2:59 AM in response to BaumgartnerMarco

Hi, yeah

no, it doesn't work with the keyboard or the GUI, both of them use ",".
i think, its a interface failer.

so i do 14/100 = 0,14 ,on this way it works.

but i can't tip in "0,xxx". That is really tricky, especialy in bigger math forms.

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Answer 5

May 8, 2008 3:15 AM in response to BaumgartnerMarco

dashboard got a calc too and there it works, with GUI and keyboard.

the problem is only on the big calculator.

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