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GNOME Calculator

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GNOME Calculator
Stable release
43.0.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 16 September 2022; 2 years ago (16 September 2022)
Repository
Written inC, Vala
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeSoftware calculator
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Websiteapps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.Calculator Edit this on Wikidata

GNOME Calculator, formerly known as gcalctool, is the software calculator integrated with the GNOME desktop environment. It is programmed in C and Vala and part of the GNOME Core Applications.

Views

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  • Basic – interface for basic arithmetic, resembling a desk calculator.
  • Advanced – an interface with scientific functions, and support for custom variables.
  • Financial – financial calculation and currency conversion.
  • Programming – a view with bit manipulation operators and radix conversion.
  • Keyboard – most of the space is taken up by the output, with no on-screen buttons. Supports currency and unit conversion.

Notation

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The GNOME calculator uses the common infix notation for binary functions, such as the four basic arithmetic operations. Unlike many other calculators, it uses prefix notation, not postfix notation for unary functions. So to calculate e.g. the sine of one, the user must push the keys sin+1+=, not 1+sin, as on many other calculators.

The decimal separator on the number pad is based on the general keyboard layout since version 3.12.3.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "gnome-calculator 43.0.1". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ "gnome-calculator 3.12.3". 2013-06-15.
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