Chapter 16: Programming
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Note:
To move the cursor to the beginning of a command line, press
y
|
; to move to the end,
press
y
~
. To scroll the cursor down seven command lines, press
ƒ
†
. To scroll the cursor
up seven command lines, press
ƒ
}
.
Inserting and Deleting Command Lines
To insert a new command line anywhere in the program, place the cursor where you want the new
line, press
y
6
, and then press
Í
. A colon indicates a new line.
To delete a command line, place the cursor on the line, press
‘
to clear all instructions and
expressions on the line, and then press
{
to delete the command line, including the colon.
Copying and Renaming Programs
Copying and Renaming a Program
To copy all command lines from one program into a new program, follow steps 1 through 5 for
Creating a New Program, and then follow these steps.
1. Press
y
K
.
Rcl
is displayed on the bottom line of the program editor in the new program
(Chapter 1).
2. Press
|
to display the
PRGM EXEC
menu.
3. Select a name from the menu.
prgm
name
is pasted to the bottom line of the program editor.
4. Press
Í
. All command lines from the selected program are copied into the new program.
Copying programs has at least two convenient applications.
•
You can create a template for groups of instructions that you use frequently.
•
You can rename a program by copying its contents into a new program.
Note:
You also can copy all the command lines from one existing program to another existing
program using
RCL
.
Scrolling the PRGM EXEC and PRGM EDIT Menus
The TI-84 Plus sorts
PRGM EXEC
and
PRGM EDIT
menu items automatically into alphanumerical
order. Each menu only labels the first 10 items using 1 through 9, then 0.
To jump to the first program name that begins with a particular alpha character or
q
, press
ƒ
[
letter from A to Z or
q
].
Note:
From the top of either the
PRGM EXEC
or
PRGM EDIT
menu, press
}
to move to the bottom.
From the bottom, press
†
to move to the top. To scroll the cursor down the menu seven items,
press
ƒ †
. To scroll the cursor up the menu seven items, press
ƒ }
.