and Chapter 2 and Appendix L in the user’s guide for more

 

information on editing)

@VIEW

B VIEW the contents of a variable

@@ RCL @@

C ReCaLl the contents of a variable

@@STO@

D STOre the contents of a variable

! PURGE

E PURGE a variable

CLEAR

F CLEAR the display or stack

These six functions form the first page of the TOOL menu. This menu has actually eight entries arranged in two pages. The second page is available by pressing the L (NeXT menu) key. This key is the third key from the left in the third row of keys in the keyboard.

In this case, only the first two soft menu keys have commands associated with them. These commands are:

@CASCM

A CASCMD: CAS CoMmanD, used to launch a command from

 

the CAS (Computer Algebraic System) by selecting from a list

@HELP

B HELP facility describing the commands available in the

 

calculator

Pressing the L key will show the original TOOL menu. Another way to recover the TOOL menu is to press the I key (third key from the left in the second row of keys from the top of the keyboard).

Setting time and date

See Chapter 1 in the calculator’s user’s guide to learn how to set time and date.

Introducing the calculator’s keyboard

The figure below shows a diagram of the calculator’s keyboard with the numbering of its rows and columns. Each key has three, four, or five functions. The main key function correspond to the most prominent label in the key.

Also, the green left-shift key, key (8,1), the red right-shift key, key (9,1), and

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HP 49g manual Introducing the calculator’s keyboard, Setting time and date