Texas TI-86 Manual De Usuario

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Chapter 16: Programming

16PROG.DOC TI-86, Chap 16, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:36 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:04 PM Page 214 of 16

Writing a Program on the TI-86

A program is a set of expressions, instructions, or both, which you enter or download.
Expressions and instructions in the program are executed when you run the program.

You can use most TI

-86 features in a program. Programs can retrieve and update all

variables stored to memory. Also, the program editor menu has input

àoutput commands,

such as

Input

and

Disp

, and program control commands, such as

Then

For

, and

While

The PRGM Menu

NAMES

EDIT

program program editor
names menu

Creating a Program in the Program Editor

To begin writing a program, select

EDIT

from the

PRGM

menu (8 '). The program

Name=

prompt and

PRGM

NAMES

menu are displayed. ALPHA-lock is on. Enter a

program name from one to eight characters long,
beginning with a letter. To edit an existing program, you
can select the name from the

PRGM

NAMES

menu.

The TI

86 distinguishes

between uppercase and
lowercase letters in program
names. For example,

ABC

Abc

, and

abc

would be three

different program names.