3.Press >until the letter R appears, and then press I. Press .and the screen should display a ?.

4.Press Oto exit.

5. Press :(HOLD)

. Then press Oto exit.

6.Now enter program mode again by pressing :E. The display will show R? in

video inverse. Since program 0 has a message as the first command, it is now named R?. The video inverse signifies that it is assigned to a key, in this case k. Press Oto exit.

7.Now press :k. Notice R? appears, and the program pauses to wait for input.

Type 5=and press :(HOLD)

to resume. The program continues and

calculates the volume.

 

Debugging a Program

At times, programs do not work as expected. You can debug your programs by pressing the

:(HOLD) >or :(HOLD) <keys as follows:

Open the Program menu and select the program you want to debug. To execute the first instruction, press :(HOLD) <. Press this key combination repeatedly to execute your

program one instruction at a time. The current instruction is displayed as long as the < key is pressed.

If you want to see the next instruction without executing it, press :(HOLD) >in the same manner.

If you want to let the program continue by itself, press :(HOLD) . If you want to start debugging a program in the middle, place a run/stop (R/S) instruction where you want to start debugging the program, run the program and start debugging using :(HOLD)

>or <when the program stops due to the R/S.

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30b Professional, 20b Consultant Financial specifications

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