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Classic Financial II manual · Chapter 14 of 16

Modes and settings (FORMAT)

Decimal places, angle unit, date and number styles, chain or AOS calculation, and payment timing.

14.1Open the FORMAT worksheet#

Press 2NDFORMAT. (FORMAT). The lines are DEC (decimal places 0 to 9), the angle unit DEG or RAD, the date style US or EUR, the number style US 1,000.0 or EUR 1.000,0, and the calculation method Chn or AOS. Move with ↓. Type a value and ENTER for DEC; press 2NDSETENTER to change the other choices. Leave with 2NDQUITCPT. 2NDCLR WORKCE/C on the sheet restores the start values.

The FORMAT sheet starts with DEC. The display shows: DEC= 2.00.
The FORMAT sheet starts with DEC.
LineChoicesStart value
DEC0 to 9 (9 means floating)2
AngleDEG, RADDEG
Date styleUS (month-day-year), EUR (day-month-year)US
Number styleUS 1,000.0 or EUR 1.000,0US
MethodChn (chain) or AOSChn

14.2Change the number of decimals#

Example 14.1

Four decimals

  1. Open FORMAT, type 4, enter, quit, then divide 2 by 3.

    2NDFORMAT.4ENTER2NDQUITCPT2÷3=
Result of the example "Four decimals" The display shows: 0.6667.
You should see0.6667
Example 14.2

No decimals

  1. Zero decimals rounds to a whole number.

    2NDFORMAT.0ENTER2NDQUITCPT2÷3=
Result of the example "No decimals" The display shows: 1.
You should see1
Example 14.3

Nine decimals

  1. Nine shows as many digits as fit.

    2NDFORMAT.9ENTER2NDQUITCPT2÷3=
Result of the example "Nine decimals" The display shows: 0.666666667.
You should see0.666666667

14.3Angle unit and date style#

Example 14.4

Radians

  1. Press down to the angle line; 2ND ENTER switches it.

    2NDFORMAT.↓2NDSETENTER
Result of the example "Radians" The display shows: RAD.
You should seeRAD
Example 14.5

European date style

  1. Two lines further down, switch US to EUR.

    2NDFORMAT.↓↓2NDSETENTER
Result of the example "European date style" The display shows: EUR DATE.
You should seeEUR DATE
Example 14.6

Enter a date in day-month-year order

  1. With EUR dates, 15.0324 means March 15, 2024.

    2NDFORMAT.↓↓2NDSETENTER2NDDATE515.0324ENTER
Result of the example "Enter a date in day-month-year order" The display shows: DT1= 15-03-2024.
You should seeDT1= 15-03-2024

14.4Number style (comma or point)#

Example 14.7

European separators

  1. Switch to 1.000,0 and type a number.

    2NDFORMAT.↓↓↓2NDSETENTER2NDQUITCPT1234.5=
Result of the example "European separators" The display shows: 1.234,50.
You should see1.234,50

14.5Chain or AOS#

Example 14.8

Switch to AOS

  1. Go to the last FORMAT line and change Chn to AOS.

    2NDFORMAT.↓↓↓↓2NDSETENTER
Result of the example "Switch to AOS" The display shows: AOS.
You should seeAOS

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