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Key for modular arithmetic - Alberto Candel - 03-31-2018 03:32 PM
Good morning,
In CAS, modular arithmetic can be performed with the "%%" symbol. As far as I know, typing that requires about 9 keystrokes (the % symbol is in the Chars table). Is there a shortcut for "mod" in CAS? I tried creating a userkey program, but cannot do much better because one must use the MOD operator, it doesn't work with the %%.
Any help would be welcome. Thanks.
RE: Key for modular arithmetic - Carlos295pz - 03-31-2018 03:41 PM
It should work with MOD, if it requires a function own of CAS can use irem().
RE: Key for modular arithmetic - Alberto Candel - 03-31-2018 03:54 PM
(03-31-2018 03:41 PM)Carlos295pz Wrote: It should work with MOD, if it requires a function own of CAS can use irem().
Thanks. It does work with MOD. What I was wondering was if there is a single keystroke that would perform say
2^36 %% 73. Typing the two %% takes a while, and looking up MOD does too.
RE: Key for modular arithmetic - Tim Wessman - 03-31-2018 06:47 PM
Hello,
I know it isn't much consolation, but you should be able to do SHIFT-CHARS, TAP % Double tap %, then press ENTER or OK and put both in at once.
RE: Key for modular arithmetic - Alberto Candel - 03-31-2018 09:07 PM
(03-31-2018 06:47 PM)Tim Wessman Wrote: Hello,
I know it isn't much consolation, but you should be able to do SHIFT-CHARS, TAP % Double tap %, then press ENTER or OK and put both in at once.
Thanks. That is exactly what I have been doing. It is OK for a one-time operation, but ... I was just wondering if there was a direct access to the % symbol.
RE: Key for modular arithmetic - Alberto Candel - 03-31-2018 09:18 PM
Perhaps there is a way to leave the USER keyboard on for more that just one keystroke, is there?
RE: Key for modular arithmetic - Carlos295pz - 04-01-2018 01:18 AM
(03-31-2018 09:18 PM)Alberto Candel Wrote: Perhaps there is a way to leave the USER keyboard on for more that just one keystroke, is there?
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RE: Key for modular arithmetic - Alberto Candel - 04-01-2018 04:57 AM
(04-01-2018 01:18 AM)Carlos295pz Wrote:(03-31-2018 09:18 PM)Alberto Candel Wrote: Perhaps there is a way to leave the USER keyboard on for more that just one keystroke, is there?
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Cool! Thanks!