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You can separate feet, inches, and fractional inches with a dash, a space, or
nothing. You can use any of the following syntax cases to enter valid feet-inch
formatted values:
 5' or 60”
 5'-9” or 5' 9” or 5'9”
 5'-1/2” or 5' 1/2” or 5'1/2”
 5'-9-1/2” or 5' 9-1/2” or 5'9-1/2”
 5'-9 1/2” or 5' 9 1/2” or 5'9 1/2”
To designate inches for linear calculations, entering double quotes (“) is
optional. For example, instead of entering 5'9-1/2”, you could enter 5'9-1/2.
WARNING With imperial units, CAL interprets a minus or a dash (-) as a unit
separator rather than a subtraction operation. To specify subtraction, include at
least one space before or after the minus sign. For example, to subtract 9” from
5', enter 5' -9” rather than 5'-9”.
See also:
Use the Command Prompt Calculator
Format Angles
The default units for angles are decimal degrees. Enter angles using the
following format:
<degrees>d<minutes>'<seconds>”
You must enter 0d when entering an angle that is less than 1 degree (minutes
and seconds only). You can omit the minutes or seconds if they are zero.
Enter a number followed by r to enter angles in radians. Enter a number
followed by g to enter angles in grads.
The following examples show ways of entering angles:
5d10'20"
0d10'20"
124.6r
14g
Angles entered in any format are converted to decimal degrees.
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