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[WP34s] RSD function Message #1 Posted by Dieter on 27 Jan 2013, 10:22 a.m. The 34s features a very useful function that rounds a value to a certain number of significant digits - the RSD function. Some time ago I wrote a short program based on the "calculator forensics" routine that determines the perfect result an n-digit calculator should return: 001 LBL A 002 STO 00 003 9 004 SIN 005 RSD->00 006 COS 007 RSD->00 008 TAN 009 RSD->00 010 ATAN 011 RSD->00 012 ACOS 013 RSD->00 014 ASIN 015 RSD->00 016 RTN Enter a number of digits (n), run the program (preferably in double precision) and the perfect result for a perfect n-digit machine will be returned. 12 [A] 8,99999864267 10 [A] 9,000417403 6 [A] 9,32631 3 [A] 0 Now try this... 0 [A] ...and see what you get. Then single-step through the program and see what happens at step 012/013 where ACOS returns 90 degrees which is then rounded to 0 significant digits. Finally try the same directly from the keyboard: 90 RSD 0 and compare the result with the previous one. Which leads to the question: what is RSD 0 supposed to return? Dieter

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #2 Posted by Walter B on 27 Jan 2013, 12:27 p.m., in response to message #1 by Dieter RSD 0 is rubbish per definition. 1 is the lowest value making sense. We'll catch that bug - thanks for reporting. d:-)

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #3 Posted by Dieter on 27 Jan 2013, 1:16 p.m., in response to message #2 by Walter B Well, in a way RSD 0 can make sense: 0,02 RSD 0 => 0,01 0,08 RSD 0 => 0,1 3 RSD 0 => 1 6 RSD 0 => 10 314 RSD 0 => 100 628 RSD 0 => 1000 4999 RSD 0 => 1000 5000 RSD 0 => 10000 But limiting the argument for RSD to values >= 1 is fine by me either. ;-) Please also note that the current implementation may return different results in run and program mode. 90 RSD 0 here returns either 1E-14 or 10. Maybe you can check this as well. Dieter Edited: 27 Jan 2013, 2:07 p.m. after one or more responses were posted

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #4 Posted by Doug (NYC) on 27 Jan 2013, 1:38 p.m., in response to message #3 by Dieter In other words, RSD 0 in Dieter's mind is simply a "power of 10 orders of magnitude" function. It always returns "1. E X", where X is the appropriate order of magnitude. Or, presumably, 0. Cheers, Doug

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #5 Posted by Dieter on 27 Jan 2013, 2:03 p.m., in response to message #4 by Doug (NYC) If (!) RSD 0 is accepted it may behave as follows: SIGN RCL L STO+ X EXPT X<0? // since SDL and SDR do not accept negative arguments SKIP 003 // both cases have to be handled separately X<>Y SDL->Y RTN +/- X<>Y SDR->Y RTN This rounds X to the next closest power of 10. Which IMHO is the logical continuation of the way RSD works otherwise: X RSD 2 RSD 1 RSD 0 ------------------------------------ 0,333 0,33 0,3 0,1 0,877 0,88 0,9 1 314 310 300 100 682 680 700 1000 -47 -47 -50 -10 -88 -88 -90 -100 ------------------------------------ Dieter

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #6 Posted by Walter B on 27 Jan 2013, 4:21 p.m., in response to message #5 by Dieter Interesting continuation of the RSD function. Nevertheless I prefer stopping with RSD 1 for ... ummh ... philosophical reasons. A number can feature one or more significant digits. If it would feature zero significant digits, its overall significance would vanish. Hope this is logical. d:-)

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #7 Posted by Paul Dale on 27 Jan 2013, 6:49 p.m., in response to message #3 by Dieter Rounding modes? - Pauli

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #8 Posted by Dieter on 28 Jan 2013, 2:45 p.m., in response to message #7 by Paul Dale RM is 0. Dieter

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #9 Posted by Walter B on 28 Jan 2013, 4:30 a.m., in response to message #3 by Dieter Dieter, Quote: Please also note that the current implementation may return different results in run and program mode. 90 RSD 0 here returns either 1E-14 or 10. Maybe you can check this as well. I've checked and must confirm this. No idea, however, why 0 COS RSD 0 returns 1e-14. BTW, this occurs both in manual mode and if called from a program - reproducible as it ought to be, at least. d:-?

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #10 Posted by Dieter on 28 Jan 2013, 2:54 p.m., in response to message #9 by Walter B Try this (in DEG mode): 0 ACOS => 90 RSD 0 => 1E-14   1 ASIN => 90 RSD 0 => 1E-14   90 RSD 0 => 10 Both the emulator (3.2 3350) and the "real thing" (3.2 3360) behave this way. So, in which way is the 90 returned by ACOS different from the same value keyed in manually? Finally, try this: 0 ACOS => 90 0 + => 90 RSD 0 => 10   1 ASIN => 90 1 x => 90 RSD 0 => 10   90 RSD 0 => 10 It's hard to describe, but there seems to be some kind of ..."leftover" from the trig function that is removed with the next operation (here +0 resp. x1). Any idea? Dieter Edited: 28 Jan 2013, 2:58 p.m.

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #11 Posted by Walter B on 28 Jan 2013, 2:59 p.m., in response to message #10 by Dieter Quote: So, in which way is the 90 returned by ACOS different from the same value keyed in manually? ... It's hard to describe, but there seems to be some kind of ..."leftover" from the trig function that is removed with the next operation (here +0 resp. x1). Any idea? Not yet. But we are going to get rid of RSD 0 anyway (though this behaviour shall be explained). d:-)

Re: [WP34s] RSD function Message #12 Posted by Walter B on 29 Jan 2013, 8:58 a.m., in response to message #11 by Walter B Build 3363 doesn't allow RSD 0 anymore. d:-)

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