WP 34S mini-challenge

[walter b]

(01-21-2014 01:06 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote:  

(01-21-2014 11:55 AM)Paul Dale Wrote:  This solution does disturb the stack. If Y contains 2.3, it will end up containing 2.0 after the switch to integer mode and back.

Isn't this something that should be addressed, or is there a technical reason that makes it difficult to preserve the original float number after switching back from an integer mode? On the HP-42S, for instance, BASE BIN will convert 2.3 to 10., as expected and a subsequent DEC will restore it to 2.3 again. Shouldn't this be the expected behavior? Thanks!

There is nothing like data types in the WP 34S. AFAIK, some of the nicer features of the HP-42S rely on such data typing.

d:-/