Re: TIB: TI-86 math error?


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Re: TIB: TI-86 math error?




Jeff Glover schrieb:
> 
> I found a bug in a program I made.  It turns out that it is not my fault
> but somthing the ti-86 does. Why does this give me the wrong answer?
> Here is some sample code.  You can get the acutal program from my homepage
> called Conversion.
> 
> Sorry can't copy the code directly because it uses a lot of wierd symbols.
> The "-->" stands for the store command.
> 
> :.001->U
> :.000001->m
> :"6U/3m"->eq
> :Disp eq
> :St->Eq(eq,eq)
> :Disp eq
> :DelVar(U
> :DelVar(m
> 
> The TI-86 gives 2*10^-9 or 2E-9.  The answer should be .002.  I get the
> right answer if I type 6E-6/3E-3.  Which is useless since I need to be
> using a variable for my program.
> ------------------------------------------
> Jeff Glover
> jglover@geocities.com
> http://jglover.home.ml.org
Which bug? Although I own a 92+ I don't see any bug, you should simply
put brackets around 3m or type 6U/3/m. That should work.	A.K.



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