HP-41 and 42s: AIP with or without sign?

[rprosperi]

(06-06-2018 08:40 PM)Dieter Wrote:  I assume that in most cases the number is appended to existing text in Alpha, so a nicely formatted output for positive, negative and zero values would have to look like this:

X=0?
>" "
X<0?
>"–"
X>0?
>"+"
AIP

Note: ">" here is the "append" character.

Dieter/Gene:

You're right, it's simpler and cleaner than I thought!

But I agree the 42S behavior is IMHO correct, what I would expect, and no doubt a result of the 42S team agreeing with all of us.