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fractions / "decimals" in other bases?
04-21-2014, 09:42 PM
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RE: fractions / "decimals" in other bases?
(04-21-2014 01:41 AM)unfrostedpoptart Wrote:  FYI, for people not used to this, 0.5D == 0.8X == 0.4O == 0.1B. This is, for example in binary, the digit to the right of the decimal (actually binary) point are halves, and then the next place are quarters, eights, etc.

I don't think it's just the display code. In the WP 34S (and 31S) we have two number formats: BCD and binary integer. The BCD format just isn't suited well to support other bases then 10. (It's based on decima64/decimal128 which encodes three decimal digits in 10 bits).

We would have to introduce another (binary?) number format to support your suggestion. But live is short and flash is full...

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