Is there anyway to have the display show scientific notation? If the number is less than the number of digits shown it just shows 0. As soon as you enter another number and the current number goes on the stack (in RPN lingo) it is shown in scientific notation. On HP calculators you can have the display use Fix, Sci, and Eng. The Decimal Places . . . command under View is only for Fix type display, anyway to set Sci for the display?
Kurt,
No, I know how to get the scientific face to show. I want the number displayed as 2.3e-3 not .0023 (or 0 if decimal places is set to 2 or 1)
If you like to use RPN calculators then I recommend PCalc.
If you like HP calculators perhaps you can find one of your favorites from these two sites:
Thanks for trying to be helpful. I well aware of nonpareil, which used to have a bug where you had to turn on the 15c, then off, then back on. If I am going to do anything major, I don't use a calculator, so I don't need anything fancy, the Apple calculator fills the bill. Another item is that Apple's shows the 4 elements of the stack, which is nice, instead of the 'realist' HP look alikes (and PCalc too).
Paul
I am not sure you can get exactly what you want with the apple calc. There is the "EE" key which changes the display to scientific, but the formatting is not really satisfactory. To use your example, .0023 becomes .0023 E 0 when you click the EE button. Not very appealing.
With the calculator in the foreground, choose View > Scientific. Or, press Command+2.
Scientific display in Calculator?
