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| Hex Value | $73 |
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Fix
Overview
Sets fixed-decimal mode for # of decimal places.
Availability: Token only available from within the Basic editor.
Syntax
Fix #
Arguments
| Name | Type | Optional |
|---|---|---|
| # |
Location
mode, 0123456789
Description
The Fix command puts the calculator in fixed-point display mode: all numbers will be displayed with a fixed number of digits (0-9) after the decimal, depending on the argument of Fix. This could be useful if you're trying to display potentially fractional numbers in a limited amount of space.
A note on more technical aspects: first, if more digits are available than are displayed, the calculator will round off the displayed number (but not its stored value), so 3.97 will be displayed as 4 in Fix 1 mode. Second, the Fix command can't force more than 10 significant digits to be displayed, so something like 123456789.1 will only display one decimal digit even in Fix 9 mode.
Finally, note that the Float and Fix commands only change the way numbers are displayed: they are saved in the same way in each case. Even if you're in Fix 0 mode, the calculations are not done using integers, and in general, the calculations are still done using floating-point numbers no matter the number mode. The one exception is with regressions: if you store a regression to an equation in Fix N mode, it will truncate the numbers involved before storing them to the equation, and as a result, the equation will be different.
Related Commands
Source: parts of this page were written by the following TI|BD contributors: burr, DarkerLine, GoVegan, Myles_Zadok.
History
| Calculator | OS Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TI-82 | 1.0 | Added |