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Editing a Program
1. Press
b
2
to enter the PROG mode and then press
2
to
select the EDIT mode.
2. Select the program you wish to edit and press
e
.
• If you want to add text into your program, press
@ O
.
• If you want to add lines into your program, press
@ O
(the shape
of the cursor will become a triangle) and then move the cursor to the
beginning of the line and press
e
to add a new line there.
• Remember that you can enter only one command per line except in the
special case of the ‘If…Goto’ command. Do not try to enter two or more
commands on a single line.
• The line you modify is saved after you press
u
,
d
or
e
. If you
do not wish to change the line, press
j
twice. (The line will disap-
pear at this point, however, the contents of the line are not deleted.)
• To clear an entire line of a program, press
j
then
u
,
d
or
e
. To delete a blank line, move the cursor to the blank line and press
y
.
• Any blank lines will be ignored when running.
•
y
deletes the character you have just entered (the character at the
cursor position).
• You can change the name of a program by overwriting the existing
name. Press
u
to move the cursor to the title line and type the new
name and press
e
.
3. Press
j
to exit the EDIT mode.
Chapter 7: Programming