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Appendix A

RPN and the Stack

In RPN mode, four special registers in the HP 12C Plati-

num are used for storing numbers during calculations. To

understand how these registers are used, they should be

visualized as stacked on top of each other. (For this rea-

son, they are generally referred to as the “stack registers”

or collectively as “the stack.”) The stack registers are

designated X, Y, Z, and T. Unless the calculator is in Pro-

gram mode, the number shown in the display is the number in the X-register

(modified according to the current display format).

The number in the X-register – and, for two-number functions, the number in the

Y-register – are the number(s) used in calculations. The Z- and T-registers are

used primarily for the automatic retention of intermediate results during chain

calculations, as described in section 1.

Before we discuss the details of the stack operation, let’s take a quick look at

how the stack is used in a simple arithmetic calculation and in a chain calcula-

tion. For each key pressed in the keystroke sequence, the diagram illustrating the

calculation shows, above the key, the numbers in each of the stack registers after

that key is pressed.

First, let’s consider the calculation of 5 – 2:

The diagram shows why we said in section 1 that the \ key separates the sec-

ond number entered from the first number entered. Note also that this positions

the 5 in the Y-register above the 2 in the X-register – just like they would be

positioned if you wrote the calculation vertically on paper:

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