“A calculator app? Anyone could make that”

Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by acidburnNSA on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:08AM (#43068590)

Just tried the TI-89 emulator on android and it says 1e100 + 1 - 1e100 is 0

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by Shorel on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:57AM (#43068984)

Here I got 1 as the answer:

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by acidburnNSA on Sunday February 16, 2025 @12:00PM (#43069501)

Aha! So 1e100 doesn't work but 1^100 does. Ok thanks!

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by xeonmc on Sunday February 16, 2025 @12:27PM (#43069781)

1^100 = 1 though

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by ghusbands on Sunday February 16, 2025 @12:49PM (#43069983)

That's a typo in the response, I believe. The screenshot shows 10^100 (10 to the power of 100).

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by mgaunard on Sunday February 16, 2025 @01:27PM (#43070279)

1e100 is a float.

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by imglorp on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:48AM (#43068922)

HP42 on Android checks out

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by anonymousiam on Sunday February 16, 2025 @11:04AM (#43069050)

My favorite Android calculator is RealCalc. I've been using it since I got it for PalmOS about 25 years ago.

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Re:“A calculator app? Anyone could make that” by jvdvegt on Sunday February 16, 2025 @01:01PM (#43070062)

I use it too, but it also computes 0 instead of 1 for:

    e^100 + 1 - e^100

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