Texas TI-86 用户手册

Chapter 1: Operating the TI

-86

01OPER.DOC TI-86, Chap 1, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:18 PM Printed: 02/13/01 2:59 PM Page 21 of 22

The 2nd Key

The - key is yellow. When you press -, the cursor
becomes Æ (the 2nd cursor). When you press the next key,
the yellow character, abbreviation, or word printed above
that key is activated, instead of the key’s primary function.

returns

the

STAT

The ALPHA Key

The 1 key is blue. When you press 1, the cursor
becomes ³ (the uppercase ALPHA cursor). When you
press the next key, the blue uppercase character printed
above that key is pasted to the cursor location.

STAT

returns an

When you press - n, the cursor becomes Ï (the
lowercase alpha cursor). When you press the next key, the
lowercase version of the blue character is pasted to the
cursor location.

STAT

returns an

ALPHA-lock and alpha-lock

To enter more than one uppercase or lowercase alpha character consecutively, set ALPHA-
lock (for uppercase letters) or alpha-lock (for lowercase letters).

To set ALPHA-lock when the entry cursor is displayed, press 1 1.

♦

To cancel ALPHA-lock, press 1.

♦

To switch from ALPHA-lock to alpha-lock, press - n.

To set alpha-lock when the entry cursor is displayed, press - n 1.

♦

To cancel alpha-lock, press 1 1.

To enter a space within text,
press

. Spaces are

not valid within variable
names.

For convenience, you can
press

instead of

to enter the

commonly used

variable.

The

Name=

prompt and store

symbol

(

)

set ALPHA-lock

automatically.