HP50g small tips and trick

[Thomas Klemm]

(06-23-2018 04:50 PM)TomC Wrote:  Not clear to me why this snippet does not work on an HP48.

The 'N near the end causes a syntax error. Is there some subtle difference how the 48 handles recalling the address of a local variable?

I think you just need another single quote around the local variable:

(02-20-2017 09:21 PM)ttw Wrote:  << -> N P <<
{} WHILE N REPEAT
N P MOD +
N P / FLOOR
'N' STO
END >>

HTH
Thomas