New WP34S unit

[Nigel (UK)]

(11-04-2023 09:44 PM)Nigel (UK) Wrote:  

(11-04-2023 08:22 PM)ebs Wrote:  Nigel, 3918 works as you described.

But the loss of the most significant digits when WSIZE is surpassed could be a bit confusing, specially in LZOFF mode in binary, if a one followed by zeros is lost all that zeros suddenly disappear. Would be better if possible when the limit of WSIZE is reached, trigger a "Too long error"?

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Initially I did intend to count up digits and flash up a warning when too many are entered. The problem is that the number of digits varies with the base. In bases 2, 4, 8, 16 it's easy to work out; in other bases the number of digits allowed depends on the exact digits that are entered. If I could think of a quick way to spot when overflow occurs I'd implement it, but so far I haven't managed this.
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I've thought about it now and I think it can be done quite straightforwardly. If I'm right, I'll upload something tomorrow! Thanks again for bringing up this matter.

Nigel (UK)