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Hi

I am relatively new to the Prime (about 6 months) but all in all i love this calculator.
But sometimes i discover some unexpected behaviours.
Today i found a new one which costs me many hours to get behind.

Please take a looks at the attached picture.
It looks (for me) that there is a bug in the way the prime interprets exponents?

The first result is the correct and the expected one.
But i thought that i can save some time by using the EEX key to define the exponent of a number.
Looks like this does not work if used inside a sqrt.

If someone know more about this behaviour i would be very happy to get more informations about it.

Thank you.

(09-20-2018 05:18 PM)blevita Wrote: [ -> ]Hi

I am relatively new to the Prime (about 6 months) but all in all i love this calculator.
But sometimes i discover some unexpected behaviours.
Today i found a new one which costs me many hours to get behind.

Please take a looks at the attached picture.
It looks (for me) that there is a bug in the way the prime interprets exponents?

The first result is the correct and the expected one.
But i thought that i can save some time by using the EEX key to define the exponent of a number.
Looks like this does not work if used inside a sqrt.

If someone know more about this behaviour i would be very happy to get more informations about it.

Thank you.

Do you have engineering mode selected? It looks like that to me.

Tom L

(09-20-2018 05:50 PM)toml_12953 Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-20-2018 05:18 PM)blevita Wrote: [ -> ]Thank you.

Do you have engineering mode selected? It looks like that to me.

Tom L

Yes, i have enabled the engineering format.

(09-20-2018 05:51 PM)blevita Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-20-2018 05:50 PM)toml_12953 Wrote: [ -> ]Do you have engineering mode selected? It looks like that to me.

Tom L

Yes, i have enabled the engineering format.

Choose a different format, then, and your answer will be what you expect.

I have changed back to standard number format.
Still the same behaviour.

(09-20-2018 05:18 PM)blevita Wrote: [ -> ]Hi

I am relatively new to the Prime (about 6 months) but all in all i love this calculator.
But sometimes i discover some unexpected behaviours.
Today i found a new one which costs me many hours to get behind.

Please take a looks at the attached picture.
It looks (for me) that there is a bug in the way the prime interprets exponents?

The first result is the correct and the expected one.
But i thought that i can save some time by using the EEX key to define the exponent of a number.
Looks like this does not work if used inside a sqrt.

If someone know more about this behaviour i would be very happy to get more informations about it.

Thank you.

They are all correct.
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Ok i saw my mistake...

Im sorry for that.

1 * 10^-12 is not 10e-12
its 1e-12 obvious


Thanks.

(09-20-2018 06:02 PM)blevita Wrote: [ -> ]Ok i saw my mistake...

Im sorry for that.

1 * 10^-12 is not 10e-12
its 1e-12 obvious


Thanks.

Note that I didn't give you any hint.
Just a claim.
You found the correction all by yourself.
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