Arithmetic And Storage Registers; Chain Calculations; Operator Priority And Pending Operations - HP -20S Owner's Manual

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Arithmetic and Storage
Registers
Chain Calculations
Chain calculations do a sequence of operations without pressing (=]
after each operation. The HP-20S interprets expressions using the sys-
tem of operator priority described in the next section.
Keys: Display: Description:
750 12 (] 9,000.0000 Calculates intermedi-
ate value. PEND
annunciator is on.
360 (=] 25.0000 Completes the calcula-
tion. PEND
annunciator is off.
Operator Priority and Pending Operations
Some chain calculations might be interpreted several different ways.
For example, 9 + 12 + 3 has two interpretations:
12 9 + 12
9 + -2 = 13 2+ _
3 ot 3
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