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Calling a program from another program – Texas Instruments TI-73 EXPLORER User Manual

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Then follow these steps:

1. Position the cursor where you want the copy of the

program to begin.

2. Press - P.

Rcl

is displayed on the bottom line of the

Program editor.

3. Press 8 " " to display the 8

EXEC

menu.

4. Select a name from the menu.

prgm

name is pasted to the

bottom line of the Program editor. You cannot directly

enter the subroutine name using the Text editor when

using

Rcl

. You must select the name from the 8

EXEC

menu.)

5. Press b. All command lines from the selected

program are copied into the new or existing program.

Calling a Program from Another Program

Calling a Program from Another Program

The 8

EXEC

(execute) menu (8 " "), accessed only

from the Program editor, lets you call any stored program into

the current program. The called program then becomes a

subroutine in the current program.
The 8

EXEC

menu lists in alphabetical order all created

programs. From this list, select the program that you want to

call. The program name is pasted to the cursor location in the

Program editor.
This menu labels the first 10 items using

1

though

9

, then

0

. All

other programs are still included in the list, but are not labeled

with a number. To select a menu item, press the number

associated with it or highlight the item with the cursor keys,

and then press b.
You also can enter a program name on a command line by

selecting

E:prgm

from the 8

CTL

menu, and then entering

the program name using the Text editor.