76
Err
or
s and Calculation Rang
es
Err
or
s
An error will occur if an oper
ation e
xceeds the calculation r
ang-
es
, or if a mathematically illegal oper
ation is attempted.
When
an error occurs
, pressing
g
or
y
automatically mo
v
es
the cursor bac
k to the place in the equation where the error oc-
curred.
Edit the equation or press
s
to clear the equation.
Note:
If an error occurs dur
ing the automatic calculation of a
listed fi
nancial v
a
riab
le
, pressing
s
,
g
, or
y
displa
ys the fi
rst v
a
riab
le in the function.
Err
or codes and err
or types
Syntax err
or (Err
or 1):
•
An attempt w
as made to perf
or
m an in
v
alid oper
ation.
Ex.
2
+
-
5
=
•
Dur
ing the editing or inser
tion of cash fl
o
w
or statistical data,
a v
alue w
as entered b
ut
.
?
w
as pressed bef
ore
J
.
Calculation err
or (Err
or 2):
•
The absolute v
alue of an inter
mediate or fi
nal calculation
result equals or e
xceeds 10
100
.
•
An attempt w
as made to divide b
y
z
ero
.
•
The calculation r
anges w
ere e
xceeded while perf
or
ming cal-
culations
.
•
There w
as a fi
nancial calculation error
, such as:
•
an error listed in
“Financial Calculation F
o
rm
ulas”
(see
pages 72 – 75) occurred
•
an attempt w
as made to fi
nd I/Y when PV
, PMT
×
N, and
FV contain all negativ
e or all positiv
e v
alues
•
an attempt w
as made to fi
nd IRR when the cash fl
o
w
data
contains all negativ
e or all positiv
e v
alues
•
an attempt w
as made to fi
nd
YIELD in a bond calculation
when an
y of COUPON, REDEMPT
, or PRICE contain
negativ
e v
alues
Depth err
or (Err
or 3):
•
The a
v
ailab
le n
umber of b
uff
ers w
as e
xceeded.
(There are
10 b
uff
ers f
or n
umer
ic v
alues and 24 b
uff
ers f
or calculation
instr
uctions).
•
The n
umber of entered cash fl
o
w
and statistics data items
combined e
xceeded 100.
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