Converting

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(01-25-2015 03:57 AM)toml_12953 Wrote:  

(01-25-2015 01:12 AM)Joe Horn Wrote:  There's a nifty shortcut. Just type this and press Enter:

In Home view: 20.5_km►_mile
In CAS view: 20.5_km►_mi

where ► is the "Sto" character (either Shift EEX or the [Sto►] menu button). Prime will add parentheses around the units automatically.

The fact that miles are called "mile" in Home and "mi" in CAS is a symptom of Prime's unfortunate dissociative identity disorder.

EDIT: Just noticed that CAS also allows "mile", but Home doesn't allow "mi". Humph.

I can't make it work in RPN mode. I tried
20.5_km then pressing STO. I get bad argument count
I tried 20.5_km Enter
then type _mile and STO I get "Do you want to create a variable called ►_mile"
Tom Lake

This shortcut works in Algebraic and Textbook modes only. Storage (using the STO ►method) in RPN works differently due to the way the stack works, whereby one must put the value to store onto the stack, then specify the target variable, then invoke the storage command.