Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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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 216 of 16

Input

Displays the current graph and lets you use the free-moving cursor

Input

variable

Pauses a program, displays

as a prompt, and then stores your

response to variable

Input

promptString

variable

Input "

string

variable

Pauses a program, displays promptString or string (up to 21
characters) as a prompt, and then stores your response to variable

Input "CBLGET",

variable

Although using

Get(

is preferred on the TI

-86, you can use

Input

receive variable from a CBL 2/CBL, CBR, or TI

-86 (TI-85 compatible)

Prompt

variableA

variableB

variableC

...

Displays each variable with

to prompt you to enter a value for that

variable

Disp

Displays the home screen

Disp

valueA

valueB

...

Displays each value

Disp

variableA

variableB

...

Displays the value stored to each variable

Disp "

textA

","

textB

...

Displays each text string on the left side of the current display line

DispG

Displays the current graph

DispT

Displays the current table and temporarily halts the program

ClTbl

Clears the current table if

Indpnt: Ask

is set (Chapter 7)

Get(

variable

)

Gets data from a CBL 2/CBL, CBR, or another TI

-86 and stores it to

variable

Send(

listName

)

Sends the contents of listName to a CBL 2/CBL or CBR

getKy

Returns a number corresponding to the last key pressed, according
to the key code diagram (page 217); if no key was pressed, returns

ClLCD

Clears the home screen (LCD stands for liquid crystal display)

If you enter an expression for

variable

at an Input or

Prompt

prompt, it is

evaluated and stored.

For Input and Prompt, built-in
variables such as y1 and r1
are not valid as

variable

To halt the program
temporarily after Disp or
DispG

and examine what the

program is displaying, enter
Pause

on the next command

line (page 219).