6. Using Calculator Functions in ProgramskUsing Color Commands in a Program

Color commands let you specify colors for on-screen lines, text, and other display elements. The following color commands are supported.

RUN Mode: Black, Blue, Red, Magenta, Green, Cyan, Yellow, ColorAuto, ColorClr

BASE Mode: Black, Blue, Red, Magenta, Green, Cyan, Yellow

•Color commands are input with the dialog box shown below, which appears when you press !f(FORMAT)b(Color Command) (!f(FORMAT) in a BASE Mode program).

For example, the following key operation would input the color command Blue.

RUN Mode: !f(FORMAT)b(Color Command)c(Blue)

BASE Mode: !f(FORMAT)c(Blue)

•Except for ColorAuto and ColorClr, color commands can be used in a program in combination with the commands described below.

-Manual graph commands (page 5-25)

You can specify the color of a manual graph by placing a color command before “Graph Y=” or any other graph commands that can be input following !4(SKETCH)5(GRAPH).

Example: Red Graph Y = X2 − 1

-Sketch Commands

You can specify the draw color of a figure drawn with a Sketch command by placing a color command before the following Sketch commands.

Tangent, Normal, Inverse, PlotOn, PlotChg, F-Line, Line, Circle, Vertical, Horizontal, Text, PxlOn, PxlChg, SketchNormal, SketchThick, SketchBroken, SketchDot, SketchThin

Example: Green SketchThin Circle 2, 1, 2

-List Command

You can specify a color for a list using the syntaxes shown below.

<color command> List n (n = 1 to 26) <color command> List "sub name"

You can specify a color for a specific element in a list using the syntaxes shown below.

<color command> List n [<element number>] (n = 1 to 26) <color command> List "sub name" [<element number>]

Example: Blue List 1 Red List 1 [3]

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