Created attachment 175907 [details] screenshot of the calculator SUMMARY I expected the x*10^y button works like in other calculators the EXP Button to enter the exponent of a number like 2e6. Without am EXP button or an equvalent it is error prone to enter big or small numbers like 2e-7. Using the kcalc x*10^y button I get something like this 2*10^6, typically a calculator uses 2e6 which is (2*10^6). The display of the number in kcalc (see screenshot) suggests that it is an alternative to the 2e6 representation. If this number ends up in a divisor one gets a huge error. Kcalc uses anyhow this kind of number representation for its results. In kcalc it works like this: 1/2 * 10^6 = 500000 I would like to have 1/2e6 = 2e-7 STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Enter: 1 2. / 3. 2 4. Press the button: x*10^y 5. 6 6. = OBSERVED RESULT 500000 EXPECTED RESULT 5e-7 SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux 6.11.5-2-default (64-bit) KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0
Although this is not technically a bug, I will see if something can be done as people seem to expect it to take priority, check the other bug report to see the full explanation. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 495232 ***