To obtain an electronic charge indicating scale having good handling operability without necessity of replacing a key sheet even in the case of replacing a commodity by displaying commodity information of a part number concerned with a commodity button file in a touch type display unit.

The charge indicating scale comprises a touch type display unit 32, a commodity information file for storing commodity information such as a commodity name a unit price or the like at each part number, a commodity button image for displaying on the unit 32, and a commodity button file concerned with the part number stored in the file. The scale also comprises a display means (CPU) 21 for displaying the commodity information of the part number concerned with the file in the unit 31 when the file is pressed. Thus, when the button displayed on the display is pressed, the information such as, for example, the unit price is displayed. Hence, when the button is pressed, the information can be known.