Re: Allow Currency Symbols and Grouping Commas in Table Numbers

[Ihor Radchenko]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 16:22, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
>> However, calc does not appear work with unicode. 
>
> Are you sure?  This works just fine for me with embedded Calc:
> ...
> δx := (b - a) / n => 0.01
> ...
> Note use of δ.  I use Greek characters all the time in my Calc formulas.
>
> If it works in embedded Calc, it should work with the rest of Calc?

You are right. However, non-letter symbols do not work. Try, € or ☺.

I tried the following:

1. M-x calc

2. ' C-x 8 <RET> small greek delta <RET> + 1 <RET>
3. Works
4. ' C-x 8 <RET> EURO SIGN <RET> + 1 <RET>
5. Error

Best,
Ihor