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March 4th, 2020 at 5:03:05 PM permalink
(Thought Wiz would appreciate a math Rant)

My old Android 4.4 phone came with a calculator that didn't do operations priority.
Ie: 2+2x4 is 8

The new Android 7.1 phone I got last year came with Google Calculator, which did operations priority.
Ie: 2+2x2 is 6

And there's no option to turn it off!

Finally downloaded a calculator which allowed you to not use operations priority.
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March 4th, 2020 at 5:05:32 PM permalink
Reverse Polish notation or get out. ;-)
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March 4th, 2020 at 8:50:48 PM permalink
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March 4th, 2020 at 9:57:15 PM permalink
Use parentheses?
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March 4th, 2020 at 11:55:45 PM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

(Thought Wiz would appreciate a math Rant)

And there's no option to turn it off!

Finally downloaded a calculator which allowed you to not use operations priority.

This is what you need
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March 5th, 2020 at 7:35:28 AM permalink
Quote: unJon

Reverse Polish notation or get out. ;-)



Amen brother!
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March 5th, 2020 at 7:54:15 AM permalink
Quote: unJon

Reverse Polish notation or get out. ;-)


Quote: tringlomane

Use parentheses?

meh
just give me the simple dumb calculator i've been using since i was a kid :)
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March 5th, 2020 at 8:23:39 AM permalink
Pretty sad that you need a calculator to solve those.
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March 5th, 2020 at 10:28:54 AM permalink
Math? Really? It's the 21st century. Just get a better class of henchlings.
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March 5th, 2020 at 3:07:47 PM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

...My old Android 4.4 phone came with a calculator that didn't do operations priority.
Ie: 2+2x4 is 8...

That's worrying as it's either 16: (2+2)*4 or 10: 2+(2*4) !

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March 5th, 2020 at 7:17:13 PM permalink
I hadn't noticed that with the g-calculator.
Unlike a normal or traditional calculator, it lets you enter the whole expression before doing any calculation.

To go from left to right, ignoring the order of operations, you'll have to hit equals
So key in:
2 + 2 = x 2 =
Then you'll get 8

A traditional calculator has eager evaluation - as soon as you have two completed numbers on either side of an operator, for a 2 argument infix operator, it will calculate it.
After you hit 2 + 2 x, it will evaluate the first bit, as you know.
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March 6th, 2020 at 2:28:31 PM permalink
Quote: Dalex64

I hadn't noticed that with the g-calculator.
Unlike a normal or traditional calculator, it lets you enter the whole expression before doing any calculation.

To go from left to right, ignoring the order of operations, you'll have to hit equals
So key in:
2 + 2 = x 2 =
Then you'll get 8

A traditional calculator has eager evaluation - as soon as you have two completed numbers on either side of an operator, for a 2 argument infix operator, it will calculate it.
After you hit 2 + 2 x, it will evaluate the first bit, as you know.

yes with = but thats 2 extra keys.
traditional calculator FTW!
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