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BA II PLUS™ Calculator
Setting Calculator Formats
You can set formats for five aspects of the calculator.
Format
Options
Default
Number of decimal
places
0 – 9
(floating-decimal format = 9)
2
places
Angle units
degrees (
DEG
) or radians (
RAD
)
DEG
(degrees)
Dates
US
format mm-dd-yyyy or
Eur
(European) format dd-mm-yyyy
US
format
Number separators
US
format 1,000.00 or
Eur
(European) format 1.000,00
US
format
Calculation method
Chn
(chain) or
AOS
™
(Algebraic
Operating System) calculations
Chn
(chain)
The sections that follow give details about each format and
instructions for changing the format.
Number of Decimal Places
The calculator internally stores numeric values to an accuracy of
13 digits. You can specify the number of decimal places to be
displayed. The default is two decimal places, rounding if necessary.
The decimal format setting affects only the display; it does not
round the internal value, except for amortization and depreciation
results. To round the internal value, use the round function.
Note: Examples in this guidebook assume a setting of two decimal
places. Other settings may show different results.
