To copy a previous line
To reuse the last result
To repeat a previous line
Example
When you highlight a previous input or result (by pressing
), the 
and 
menu labels appear.
Highlight the line (press 
) and press 
. The number (or expression) is copied into the edit line.
Press 
ANS (last answer) to put the last result from the HOME display into an expression. ANS is a variable that
is updated each time you press 
.
To repeat the very last line, just press 
. Otherwise,
highlight the line (press 
) first, and then press 
. The highlighted expression or number is
See how 
ANS retrieves and reuses the last result
(50), and 
updates ANS (from 50 to 75 to 100).
50
25
You can use the last result as the first expression in the edit
line without pressing 
ANS. Pressing 
, 
, 
, or 
, (or other operators that require a preceding
argument) automatically enters ANS before the operator.
You can reuse any other expression or value in the HOME display by highlighting the expression (using the arrow
keys), then pressing 
. See “Using previous results” on page
The variable ANS is different from the numbers in HOME’s display history. A value in ANS is stored internally with the full precision of the calculated result, whereas the displayed numbers match the display mode.
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