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Modes

There are 5 modes of operation for XCALC, divided into two distinct groups, floating point and signed integers:

Floating point:

Integer:

For the Floating point modes, various settings will be available:

Fix/Float:

Using the mouse or the keyboard, you can select the display of numbers using a fixed amount of digits behind the decimal point (fixed) or a variable amount (float). You can also choose between the Fix, Scientific and Engineering modes.

Trigonometric settings:

For Decimal (not Complex) operation, you can choose between the Degree or Radian angular measurements. The degree measure does not make much sense for complex numbers, so the only setting available for complex operation is the Radian measurement. (See Complex Operation for an explanation.) If you switch back to Decimal mode, your original setting is restored.

For the Integer modes you can choose the word size:

See also: