Re: A86: >Frac (Yes this has to do with assembly)


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Re: A86: >Frac (Yes this has to do with assembly)





On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 02:12:21 EST TGaArdvark@aol.com writes:
>
>> The fraction is not saved as Ans, but you can do Disp A>Frac.  This 
>will
>>  display the fraction.  But the only place that I can think it would 
>be 
>> stored
>>  is an In-calc variable, then deleted as soon as it is used.
>
>No, it's not "stored" in it's fraction form anywhere.  Real-type

yeah, it is.  the routine that basic uses temporarily stores the string
in op3 to display it.  it's just not stored in any variables.

-josh

>variables can obviously not store something like "4/3".  >Frac
>is just a complex display routine that takes the input, figures
>out the numerator and denominator, and then displays them
>on the next line.  There's no way from basic to access the
>results.  You have to make more complex math routines
>yourself.  In asm, there's probably a ROM call that puts the
>numerator and denominator in registers or the OP registers
>but I don't know.
>

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