Inputting mixed numbers on HP50g

[Claudio L.]

(07-30-2014 11:24 PM)RMollov Wrote:  And why not single dots as in HP35s? HP50 goes into error condition in both cases : 1.2.3 ENTER or 1..2..3 ENTER so you are gonna have to deal with this. Presence of a second dot should suggest fraction input. HP35s' nice changing of the command line look is good to have, but one can live without it I guess.

Regards,

The double dot is so you can enter 3.4 (real 3.40000) and 3..4 ('3/4') on the same keyboard without changing any modes. Using single dot you'd be forced to enter 0.3.4, which is OK I guess, but not much better than entering '3/4' directly.

Claudio