HP 39g+, User Manual

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16-28 Programming
Example
INPUT R; "Circular Area";
"Radius";
"Enter Number";1:
MSGBOX
Displays a message box containing textitem. A text item
consists of any number of expressions and quoted strings
of text. The expressions are evaluated and turned into
strings of text.
For example,
"AREA IS:" 2 + 2
becomes
AREA IS: 4
.
Use
CHARS
to type the quote marks " ".
MSGBOX
textitem
:
Example
1
X
A:
MSGBOX "AREA IS: "
π
*A^2:
You can also use the NoteText variable to provide text
arguments. This can be used to insert line breaks. For
example, press
NOTE
and type
AREA IS
.
The position line
MSGBOX NoteText " "
π
*A^2:
will display the same message box as the previous
example.
PROMPT
Displays an input box with name as the title, and prompts
for a value for name . name can only be one character in
length.
PROMPT
name
:
WAIT
Halts program execution for the specified number of
seconds.
WAIT
seconds
:
Stat-One and Stat-Two commands
The following commands are used for analyzing one-
variable and two-variable statistical data.