Auto-pasting an entry or answer from the history – Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual

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Auto-Pasting an Entry or Answer from the History

Area

You can select any entry or answer from the history area and “auto-paste” a duplicate of
it on the entry line. This lets you insert a previous entry or answer into a new expression
without having to retype the previous information.

Why Use Auto-Paste

The effect of using auto-paste is similar to

2 ` and 2 ± as described in the

previous section, but there are differences.

Note:

You can also paste information by using the

ƒ toolbar menu.

For entries:

Pasting lets you:

2 `

lets you:

Insert any previous
entry into the entry line.

Replace the contents of the entry
line with any previous entry.

For answers: Pasting lets you:

2 ±

lets you:

Insert the displayed
value of any
previous answer
into the entry line.

Insert the variable ans(1), which
contains the last answer only.
Each time you enter a calculation,
ans(1) is updated to the latest
answer.