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Preview of Programming.......................................................................276
Running an Existing Program...............................................................278
Starting a Program Editor Session.......................................................280
Overview of Entering a Program..........................................................282
Overview of Entering a Function......................................................... 285
Calling One Program from Another..................................................... 287
Using Variables in a Program............................................................... 288
Using Local Variables in Functions or Programs.................................. 290
String Operations................................................................................... 292
Conditional Tests................................................................................... 294
Using If, Lbl, and Goto to Control Program Flow..............................295
Using Loops to Repeat a Group of Commands.................................. 297
Configuring the TI-89 / TI-92 Plus........................................................300
Getting Input from the User and Displaying Output......................... 301
Creating a Custom Menu....................................................................... 303
Creating a Table or Graph.....................................................................305
Drawing on the Graph Screen.............................................................. 307
Accessing Another TI.89 / TI.92 Plus, a CBL 2/CBL, or a
CBR..................................................................................................... 309
Debugging Programs and Handling Errors.........................................310
Example: Using Alternative Approaches............................................ 311
Assembly-Language Programs............................................................. 313
Preview of Text Operations.................................................................. 316
Starting a Text Editor Session.............................................................. 317
Entering and Editing Text..................................................................... 319
Entering Special Characters..................................................................324
Entering and Executing a Command Script....................................... 328
Creating a Lab Report............................................................................330
Preview of the Numeric Solver............................................................ 334
Displaying the Solver and Entering an Equation............................... 335
Defining the Known Variables.............................................................. 337
Solving for the Unknown Variable....................................................... 339
Graphing the Solution............................................................................340
Preview of Number Bases.....................................................................344
Entering and Converting Number Bases.............................................345
Performing Math Operations with Hex or Bin Numbers.................. 346
Comparing or Manipulating Bits.......................................................... 347
Chapter 17:
Programming
Chapter 18:
Text Editor
Chapter 19:
Numeric Solver
Chapter 20:
Number Bases