The last x register, T z y – HP 35s Scientific Calculator User Manual

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2-8

RPN: The Automatic Memory Stack

1. Lifts the stack
2. Lifts the stack and replicates the X–register.
3. Overwrites the X–register.
4. Clears x by overwriting it with zero.

5. Overwrites x (replaces the zero.)

The LAST X Register

The LAST X register is a companion to the stack: it holds the number that was in the
X–register before the last numeric function was executed. (A numeric function is an
operation that produces a result from another number or numbers, such as

.)

Pressing

returns this value into the X–register.

This ability to retrieve the "last x" has two main uses:

1. Correcting errors.
2. Reusing a number in a calculation.

See appendix B for a comprehensive list of the functions that save x in the LAST X
register.

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Z

Y

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1

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X

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C

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