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49g+ comma in display
Message #1 Posted by Joe on 11 Jan 2005, 8:51 a.m.

I recenty purchased an HP49g+. Is there any way to set the display so that a comma seperates the thousands, millions, etc.? (I'm not talking about the comma replacing the decimal point.) The comma seems to be included in other HP calculators, surely there is a way to set it on the 49g+.

Thanks, Joe

      
Re: 49g+ comma in display
Message #2 Posted by Karl-Ludwig Butte on 11 Jan 2005, 10:50 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Joe

Hello,

try MODE then check _FM with F2. Although I looked this up with a 49g and not a 49g+ it should be the same.

            
FM = Fraction Mark
Message #3 Posted by Eddie Shore on 11 Jan 2005, 11:01 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Karl-Ludwig Butte

So European Fraction Mark is noted (Checked): 12,38

As opposed to American Fraction Mark (Unchecked): 12.38

                  
Re: FM = Fraction Mark
Message #4 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 12 Jan 2005, 2:21 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Eddie Shore

Hi, Eddie;

In Brazil we follow the European "comma" fraction mark with "dot" as thousands separators.

I remember reading (in HP manuals) that some European countries use comma as fraction mark. Is there any (e-)reference where one could read about this? I'm curious, now.

Thanks.

Luiz (Brazil)

Edited: 12 Jan 2005, 2:22 a.m.

                        
Re: FM = Fraction Mark
Message #5 Posted by Eddie Shore on 13 Jan 2005, 1:04 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil)

This page lists a short history of the "decimal mark" plus all the countries that use the decimal point as apposed to the comma:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_point

I'd bet it gets confusing in Canada, since both formats are used in that country.

                              
Fraction Mark; thanks, Eddie! (NT)
Message #6 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C, (Brazil) on 13 Jan 2005, 9:22 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by Eddie Shore

      
Re: 49g+ comma in display
Message #7 Posted by Karl-Ludwig Butte on 11 Jan 2005, 10:59 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Joe

Sorry, I read your question too fast. To get a comma as thousand seperator press MODE then set NUMBER FORMAT to FIX.

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