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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:34:48 -0400
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On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 18:34:04 +0100, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
declaimed the following:

>
>What is an {HP calculator} roll operation?

	An attempt to not provide all the answers directly.

	Specify number of items on calculator stack;
	Specify roll-up or roll-down (I always have to check which one I want) 

Stack:
a
b
c
d
4 roll (command entry)

gives

Stack:
b
c
d
a

(or d, a, b, c depending on up or down)
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