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12c delete last digit Message #1 Posted by robert arbon on 26 Jan 2009, 4:32 a.m. Hi, this is really bugging me because I'm sure (positive!) I read in a manual that when entering a number there is a way of deleting the last digit and re-entering another one. e.g. 1 2 3 4 ooops! I meant 1235 delete 4 press 5 display = 1235 is there a way of doing it? I'm not too bothered if I can't do this on the calculator, but I'm just so sure I saw it described this post is about proving my sanity.

Re: 12c delete last digit Message #2 Posted by bill platt on 26 Jan 2009, 11:48 a.m., in response to message #1 by robert arbon Nope. 12C is very old-fashioned in this respect. It always deletes the entire X-register. Read about this fantastic machine and its development here on the Museum pages. http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp12c.htm Edited: 26 Jan 2009, 11:48 a.m.

Re: 12c delete last digit Message #3 Posted by Gene Wright on 26 Jan 2009, 11:50 a.m., in response to message #2 by bill platt Bill is correct (of course) :D On the original 12c, you can't do this. However, on the 12c platinum and the 12c 25th anniversary edition, you can by pressing the blue g key and then the <- symbol on the right side of the keyboard. It will delete the last digit entered. Repeat these two key presses if you need to delete more than one digit.

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