16-18 Programming
8316PROG.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 1:23 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:39
PM Page 18 of 22
During program execution,
Prompt
displays each
variable
,
one at a time, followed by
=?
. At each prompt, enter a
value or expression for each
variable
, and then press
Í
. The values are stored, and the program resumes
execution.
Prompt
variableA
[
,
variableB
,
...
,
variable n
]
Program
Output
Note: Y= functions are not valid with Prompt.
Disp
(display) without a value displays the home screen.
To view the home screen during program execution, follow
the
Disp
instruction with a
Pause
instruction.
Disp
Disp
with one or more
values
displays the value of each.
Disp
[
valueA
,
valueB
,
valueC
,
...
,
value n
]
•
If
value
is a variable, the current value is displayed.
•
If
value
is an expression, it is evaluated and the result is
displayed on the right side of the next line.
•
If
value
is text within quotation marks, it is displayed on
the left side of the current display line.
!
is not valid as
text.
Program
Output
If
Pause
is encountered after
Disp
, the program halts
temporarily so you can examine the screen. To resume
execution, press
Í
.
Note: If a matrix or list is too large to display in its entirety, ellipses (...)
are displayed in the last column, but the matrix or list cannot be
scrolled. To scroll, use
Pause
value
(page 16
.
12).
Prompt
Displaying the
Home Screen
Displaying
Values and
Messages