Engineering number format inconsistency

[Bernd Grubert]

Hello,
I discovered a inconsistency regarding the implementation of the engineering format between the HP Prime and the older HP-calculators. In the HP Prime, the number of digits for the engineering format refers to number of digits after the decimal point whereas for the old calculators (and for the scientific format) it is the number of significant digits .
Here are some examples with number of digits set to 2:

Code:


 Exact  | HP 50G | HP Prime
--------+--------+----------
 123400 | 123.e3 | 123.40e3
  12340 | 12.3e3 |  12.34e3
   1234 | 1.23e3 |   1.23e3

I find the new behaviour rather inconvenient. In my opinion the engineering format is related to the scientific format and should display number like on the old machines.

Regards
Bernd