Author Topic: Feature request: Add EEx key -> *10^x  (Read 1179 times)

Offline sohomojo

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Feature request: Add EEx key -> *10^x
« on: April 12, 2010, 02:45:32 PM »
PocketCAS is a great calculator because it takes advantage of the iPhone's interface. However, I wish it had the EEx button found on scientific and graphing calculators that allows you to scale a numbe by a power of 10.

I would like to be able to hit a single key instead of needing to type in 4 keystrokes.  Most of the calculations I run for work are scaled by a power of 10 so it is a lot slower to enter the equation in PocketCAS compared to my handheld calculator.

Offline MrMage

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Re: Feature request: Add EEx key -> *10^x
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2010, 06:57:22 PM »
You are right, this would be a useful feature. Thanks for the suggestion! I will consider how to add such a key to one of the next releases (space is quite limited on the iPhone).

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Re: Feature request: Add EEx key -> *10^x
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2010, 06:13:00 PM »
Hello,

I just figured that you can get the E key already: It's one the "More" pane in the middle of the second row. It's intended for hex use, but works well (you don't have to use 1EE-6, 1E-6 does the trick, too).

For the iPad version, I'll have to figure a way to place the E key, however.

Cheers

MrMage