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HP Prime G2 RPN use - Vjsilva - 09-20-2020 03:42 PM
I am a G2 newbie and I have had the G2 only about a week so forgive me if this is a stupid question.
It is a very powerful calculator for graphing and solving, but sometimes I pick it up for a quick calculation, like an HP41 and it's different.
Does the G2 have a classic RPN interface?
I don't seem to be able to do something like:
1 ENTER 2 +
It appears like the G2 requires 1 + 2 ENTER, which is not RPN
Thanks,
Victor
RE: HP Prime G2 RPN use - TheLastMillennial - 09-20-2020 05:50 PM
Press [shift]>[home] to enter settings, then select the drop down menu next to 'Entry:' and select RPN.
I don't use RPN myself, but I've heard many times that RPN on the Prime is not nearly as good as HP's previous calculators.
RE: HP Prime G2 RPN use - pinkman - 09-20-2020 07:21 PM
I like both entry modes.
For math calculations, I find that Textbook mode is better because of readability and error fixing.
For every day quick calculations, I find RPN is the best.
Well, this means I have to go to the settings every time?
No, because of this program:
Code:
KEY K_Menu()
BEGIN
local s:={"Textbook","Algebraic","RPN"};
Entry := ABS(Entry-2);
TEXTOUT_P(s(Entry+1), 15,9, 1, RGB(255,180,80));
WAIT(1);
RETURN −1;
END;Usage: in User keyboard mode, press Menu.
Or simply: Shift Help Menu.
It toggles from RPN to Textbook, and vice versa.
Regards.
RE: HP Prime G2 RPN use - Rigel - 09-30-2020 10:43 AM
Prime has all the RPN functionality of old HP series calcuators, no problem there.. Its programming does not include RPN commands since it's a totally different architecture.
RE: HP Prime G2 RPN use - drbarnack - 05-10-2022 06:54 PM
(09-20-2020 07:21 PM)pinkman Wrote: I like both entry modes.
For math calculations, I find that Textbook mode is better because of readability and error fixing.
For every day quick calculations, I find RPN is the best.
Well, this means I have to go to the settings every time?
No, because of this program:
Code:
KEY K_Menu()
BEGIN
local s:={"Textbook","Algebraic","RPN"};
Entry := ABS(Entry-2);
TEXTOUT_P(s(Entry+1), 15,9, 1, RGB(255,180,80));
WAIT(1);
RETURN −1;
END;
Usage: in User keyboard mode, press Menu.
Or simply: Shift Help Menu.
It toggles from RPN to Textbook, and vice versa.
Regards.
This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!