HP 50g Graphing, 48gII Graphing manual `Otprompt ‰, @·J %Tprom%

Example: If you execute this program segment

«"ABC?" PROMPT »

the display looks like this:

Example: The following program, TPROMPT, prompts you for the dimensions of a torus, then calls program TORSA (from page 129) to calculate its surface area. Yo u don’t have to enter data on the stack prior to program execution.

Program:	Comments:
«
"ENTER a, b IN ORDER:"	Puts the prompting string on the
	stack.
PROMPT	Displays the string in the status
	area, halts program execution, and
	returns calculator control to the
	keyboard.
TORSA	Executes TORSA using the just
	entered stack arguments.
»
`OTPROMPT ‰	Stores the program in TPROMPT.

Execute TPROMPT to calculate the volume of a torus with inner radius a = 8 and outer radius b = 10. Execute TPROMPT. The program prompts you for data.

@·J %TPROM%

Enter the inner and outer radii. After you press `, the prompt message is cleared from the status area. 8 `10

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