Creating a list name by storing a list, Displaying list elements stored to a list name – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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Chapter 11: Lists

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Creating a List Name by Storing a List

To store a list, the syntax is:

{

element1

element2

...

element n

}

¶listName

ᕡ Enter a list directly. (To store a result expressed as

a list and currently stored in

Ans

, as shown in the

example, begin these steps at step 2.)

ᕢ Paste ¶ to the cursor location. ALPHA-lock is on.

(steps 2
through 5
above)

ᕣ Enter the list name. Either select a name from the

LIST

NAMES

menu or directly enter a name one to

eight characters long, starting with a letter.

ᕤ Store the list to the list name.

д г

Displaying List Elements Stored to a List Name

ᕡ Enter the list name on the home screen;

either select it from the

LIST

NAMES

or enter the characters.

ᕢ Display the list elements.

- ” (
&

You need not enter the close
brace ( } ) when you use

to store a list name.

To delete a list name from
memory, use the MEM
DELETE:LIST

screen

(Chapter 17).

The TI

86 distinguishes

between uppercase and
lowercase letters in list
names. For example,
ABC123

, Abc123, and abc123

are three different list names.