[comp.sys.handhelds] HP48 name syntax anomaly

nixon@lysator.liu.se (Leif Nixon) (06/01/90)

A friend of mine has discovered a slight anomaly in the 48's syntax
rules.

If you enter a program and store it as the current equation using
NEW, the 48 adds '.EQ' to the name you give it. The problem is that
if you later switch the fraction mark to a comma, you no longer can
enter the name of the equation, since you suddenly no longer can't
have decimal points in variable names. The name is right there on
the menu label, but if you press ' followed by the menu key and ENTER
to put the name on the stack you get a syntax error.

We had some very confused minutes before we figured this out when my
friend, who insists on using a comma for fraction mark, this being
the Swedish standard, fell prey to this bug.

					Leif Nixon