Wednesday, June 21, 2017

HP Prime and Casio fx-CG50: Basic Spreadsheet Comparison

HP Prime and Casio fx-CG50:  Basic Spreadsheet Comparison






HP Prime
Casio fx-CG50
Maximum Spreadsheet Size
10,000 rows by 676 columns
999 rows by 26 columns
Accessing Spreadsheet mode
[Apps], Spreadsheet
[MODE], 4
Creating and saving files
The Spreadsheet app can be copied and renamed
Files can be created and saved.  The fx-CG50 stores spreadsheets as separate files.
Clearing the entire spreadsheet
[Shift], [Esc] (Clear), pressing OK
From the main menu: [ F3 ] (DELETE), [ F3 ] (ALL), [ F1 ] (OK)
Inserting text labels in cells
[ALPHA], [ 0 ] (“ “)
[ALPHA], [ *10^ ] (“).  Text cells are indicated by a solid black strip on the left side of the cell.
Inserting the colon character, for ranges (:)
[ALPHA], [ - ] ( : )
During cell entry/edit, [ F3 ] ( : )
Inserting the dollar sign character, for absolute cell references ($)
During cell entry/edit, the touch key ( $ )
During cell entry/edit, [ F2 ] ( $ )
Starting a formula with the equals sign (=)
[Shift], [ . ] ( = )
[Shift], [ . ] ( = )
The SUM function
During formula entry:  [Toolbox], (App), Spreadsheet, SUM
During formula entry:  [ F5 ] (CELL), [ F5 ] (Sum).  The function is named CellSum.
The AVERAGE function
During formula entry: [Toolbox], (App), Spreadsheet, AVERAGE
During formula entry: [ F5 ] (CELL), [ F3 ] (Mean). The function is named CellMean.
The IF function
During formula entry:  [Toolbox], (Ctlg), select when
Syntax:  when(condition, do if true, do if false)
During formula entry:  [ F5 ] (CELL), [ F4 ] (CellIf). 
Entering a random number
During formula entry:  [Toolbox], 5. Probability, 4.  Random:
1 for random number:  RANDOM()
2 for random integer:  RANDINT(a,b)
During formula entry:  [OPTN], [ F5 ] (PROF), [ F4 ] (RAND)
[ F1 ] for random number: Ran#
[ F2 ] for random integer: RandInt#(a,b)
Change text color
(Format), 4. Color, select color
[Shift], [ 5 ] (FORMAT), 1. Char Color, choose color, [EXIT]
Change cell color
(Format), 5. Fill, select color
[Shift], [ 5 ] (FORMAT), 2. Area Color, choose color, [EXIT]
Number of colors
16,777,216.  18 set colors, plus one master color selector
8 colors:  black, blue, red, magenta, green, cyan, yellow, white
Selecting a Group of Cells
Press the soft key (Select), choose cells, turn off by pressing (Sel *)
[Shift], [ 8 ] (CLIP), choose cells, turn of by pressing [EXIT]
Sizing columns
Go to top of the column, press (Format), 8, # of bytes
Use -1 for auto sizing
(not available)
Number format (number of decimal places)
Select cells, (Format), 1.  Number Format.  Select 8 to select the number of decimal places
(not available)
Conditional Formatting
(not available)
[ F6 ] ( > ), [ F5 ] (CONDIT), complete the prompt
Filling a formula
Select the source cell and copy it ([ Shift ], [ View ]).  Select target cells and paste the formula ( [ Shift ], [ Menu ], [ → ], select Formula)
Select the target cell range, [ F2 ]  (EDIT), [ F6 ] ( > ), [ F1 ] (FILL)
Plotting a scatter plot
(not available)
Select range, [ F6 ] ( > ), [ F1 ] (Graph), [ F1 ] or [ F2 ] or [ F3 ] for Graph1, Graph2, or Graph3, respectively
Trend line analysis – Linear Regression
Go to an output cell, [ Shift ], [ . ] (=),[Toolbox], (App), Spreadsheet, REGRS
Syntax: REGRS(range, 1)
Select range, [ F6 ] ( > ), [ F2 ] (CALC), [ F3 ] (REG), [ F1 ] (X), [ F1 ] (ax+b).  Results are shown.  Recall separate variables through VARS-STAT-GRAPH

Do you use the spreadsheet mode on your calculator?  Check it out if you have not done so. 

Happy First Days of Summer (Northern Hemisphere)/Winter (Southern Hemisphere)!

Eddie



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