k Program Mode Overview

A Specifying a Program Run Mode

Whenever you create a new program, you need to specify its “run mode”, which is the calculator mode where the program will run. There are three run modes: COMP, BASE-N, and Formula.

When your program contains this:Select this run mode:

 

 

Calculations performed in the COMP Mode (including

COMP

matrix, complex number, and statistical calculations)

 

 

 

Calculations performed in the BASE-N ModeBASE-N

 

 

Built-in formula type calculationsFormula

 

 

The run mode of each program is indicated on file list screens (page 111). There are two types of file list screens, a “Prog List” screen that shows programs whose run mode is COMP or BASE-N, and the “Fmla List” screen that shows programs whose run mode is Formula.

Prog List screen

Fmla List screen

File name

Run modes (No indicator: COMP, BN: BASE-N, FM: Formula)

The examples use COMP or BASE-N as the run mode. For information about programs (user formulas) that use Formula as the run mode, see “User Formulas” (page 102).

A Program MemoryYour calculator has 28500 bytes of program memory.

Important!

The 28500-byte user memory is used for storage of extra variables and programs. This means that increasing the number of extra variables reduces the amount of memory available for storing programs. So also, storing programs in memory reduces the amount of memory available for storing extra variables.

k Creating a Program

A Creating a New Program

Example: To create a program that determines the surface area and volume of three regular octahedrons, the length of one side for each is

7 cm, 10 cm, and 15 cm

A

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