Texas Instruments 83PL/CLM/1L1/V - 83 Plus Calc, Manual Book

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TI-83 Plus Programming 497
Chapter 16:
Programming
Getting Started: Volume of a Cylinder
Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
A program is a set of commands that the TI-83 Plus executes sequentially, as if
you had entered them from the keyboard. Create a program that prompts for the
radius R and the height H of a cylinder and then computes its volume.
1. Press
 ~ ~
to display the
PRGM NEW
menu.
2. Press
Í
to select
1:Create New
. The
Name=
prompt is displayed, and alpha-lock is on. Press
[
C
] [
Y
] [
L
] [
I
] [
N
] [
D
] [
E
] [
R
], and then press
Í
to
name the program
CYLINDER
.
You are now in the program editor. The colon
(
:
) in the first column of the second line
indicates the beginning of a command line.