Memory Usage

If during program entry you encounter the message & ", then there is not enough room in program memory for the line you just tried to enter. You can make more room available by clearing programs or other data. See "Clearing One or More Programs" below, or "Managing Calculator Memory" in appendix B.

The Catalog of Programs (MEM)

The catalog of programs is a list of all program labels with the number of bytes of memory used by each label and the lines associated with it. Press {Y {} to display the catalog, and press šor ™to move within the list. You can use this catalog to:

„Review the labels in program memory and the memory cost of each labeled program or routine.

„Execute a labeled program. (Press X or g while the label is displayed.)

„Display a labeled program. (Press {ewhile the label is displayed.)

„Delete specific programs. (Press {cwhile the label is displayed.)

„See the checksum associated with a given program segment. (Press .)

The catalog shows you how many bytes of memory each labeled program segment uses. The programs are identified by program label:

  /

where 67 is the number of bytes used by the program.

Clearing One or More Programs

To clear a specific program from memory

1.Press {Y{} and display (using šand ™) the label of the program.

2.Press {c.

3.Press ‡to cancel the catalog or bto back out.

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