Building your own table of numbers

Build a table

The default NUMTYPE is “Automatic”, which fills the table with data for regular intervals of the independent (X, T, θ, or N) variable. With the NUMTYPE option set to “Build Your Own”, you fill the table yourself by typing in the independent-variable values you want. The dependent values are then calculated and displayed.

1.Start with an expression defined (in Symbolic view) in the aplet of your choice. Note: Function, Polar, Parametric, and Sequence aplets only.

2.In the Numeric Setup ( NUM), choose

NUMTYPE: Build Your Own.

3.Open the Numeric view ( ).

4.Clear existing data in the table ( CLEAR).

5.Enter the independent values in the left-hand column.

Type in a number and press . You do not have

to enter them in order, because the function can rearrange them. To insert a number between two

others, use .

You enter numbers into the X column

F1 and F2 entries are generated

automatically

Clear data

Press CLEAR, to erase the data from a table.

Aplets and their views

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