Possible units bugs in new firmware?

[Nigel (UK)]

(05-28-2014 11:30 AM)phgerin Wrote:  

(05-27-2014 10:15 PM)Nigel (UK) Wrote:  This number is then copied into the command line, but pressing Enter leads to some sort of error. It isn't possible to do any calculation with the number. The error seems to occur with any constant with a negative exponent.

When the number is copied into the command line, edit it and replace the "E" with a "e".
Then press "enter".

Thanks - this works. It's strange that this problem doesn't arise when the exponent is positive (e.g., for N_A = 6.02E23).

So it seems all three of the "bugs" mentioned in my opening post can be worked around by entering things differently in CAS mode - changing "E" to "e", replacing the unit "in" with "inch", and entering "MKSA" as "mksa". I would prefer the Prime's menus to enter the correct CAS mode form automatically rather than leaving the correction to me.

It's great having the power of XCAS/Giac on the calculator, but CAS mode is still not living happily side-by-side with some of the non-CAS functions.

However, I'm delighted with the new display modes. "Floating" is great and having separators makes the display so much easier to read. I also note that mksa(_h_) no longer gives zero - thanks, Tim and Parisse!

Nigel (UK)