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CHAPTER 6. THE IDE
This is especially useful for pasting graphical characters in a constant string.
The ASCII table remains active till another window is explicitly activated; thus multiple characters
can be inserted at once. The ASCII table is shown in figure (6.18).
Figure 6.18: The ASCII table
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The calculator
The calculator allows quick calculations without leaving the IDE. It is a simple calculator, since it
does not take care of operator precedence, and bracketing of operations is not (yet) supported.
The result of the calculations can be pasted into the text using the C TRL -E NTER keystroke. The
calculator dialog is shown in figure (6.19).
The calculator supports all basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, division and
multiplication. They are summarised in table (6.1).
Table 6.1: Basic mathematical operations
Operation
Add two numbers
Subtract two numbers
Multiply two numbers
Divide two numbers
Delete the last typed digit
Clear display
Change the sign
Do per cent calculation
Get result of operation
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But also more sophisticated mathematical operations such as exponentiation and logarithms are supported. The advanced mathematical operations are shown in table (6.2).
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