TI-83 Plus Programming 497
Chapter 16:Programming

Getting Started: Volume of a Cylinder

Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
A program is a set of commands that the TI-83 Plus executes sequentially, as if
you had entered them from the keyboard. Create a program that prompts for the
radius R and the height H of a cylinder and then computes its volume.
1. Press ~ ~ to display the PRGM NEW
menu.
2. Press Í to select 1:Create New. The Name=
prompt is displayed, and alpha-lock is on. Press
[C] [Y] [L] [I] [N] [D] [E] [R], and then press Í to
name the program CYLINDER.
You are now in the program editor. The colon
( : ) in the first column of the second line
indicates the beginning of a command line.