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Chapter 2: The

CATALOG

, Variables, and Characters

02CATVAR.DOC TI-86, Chap 2, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:18 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:00 PM Page 38 of 10

02CATVAR.DOC TI-86, Chap 2, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:18 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:00 PM Page 38 of 10

The CATALOG

- w &

The

CATALOG

displays all TI

-86 functions and instructions in alphabetical order. Items that

do not begin with a letter (such as

+

or

4

Bin

) are at the end of the

CATALOG

.

The selection cursor (

4 ) indicates the current item. To select an item from the

CATALOG

,

move the selection cursor to the item and press b. The

CATALOG

disappears and the

name is pasted to the previous cursor location.

Use

#

or

$

to move

4

to

an item...

...and press

b

.

The item is pasted
to the cursor
location.

To jump...

Do this:

To the first item beginning with a particular letter

Press the letter; ALPHA-lock is on

To special characters at the end of the

CATALOG

Press $ from the first

CATALOG

item

Down one whole screen

Select

PAGE

$ from the

CATALOG

menu ( & )

Up one whole screen

Select

PAGE

# from the

CATALOG

menu ( ' )

The menu items

CUSTM

and

BLANK

are on the

CATALOG

menu and each

VARS

screen menu.

With them, you can create and edit your own

CUSTOM

menu of up to 15

CATALOG

items and

variables, including program names. For details about the

CUSTOM

menu, read page 44.

The CATALOG is the first
item on the CATLG-VARS
menu.