OO.o CALC SUM() GIVES WRONG ANSWER

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:

> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: OO.o CALC SUM() GIVES WRONG ANSWER
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:47 AM
> On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 23:48 -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> > Anyway, you already have a high-precision calculator
> installed that
> > you might not be aware of, Python
> 
> bc is also there, see man bc
> 
> 
Thanks Mario,

I find bc easier to use than python or ipython. Although both manuals don't show any real syntax for entering the data or operating on them, bc is a little more intuitive. Just entered the numbers with a plus sign between then and hit enter after the last one gives the sum. Nice.  Also verified the conclusion that the TI calc although eternally repeatable is still simply wrong(unless I made an entry error of +135, not likely on several attempts). So, it's:

Sum()   2      TI   O

Thanks for everyones help,

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net