beautypg.com

Storing a value in a variable – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

Page 46

background image

42

Getting started

3. Press

E

repeatedly. Each time
you press, the root is
twice the previous
root. The last answer
shown in the
illustration at the right
is .

To reuse an

expression or result

from the CAS

When your are working in Home view, you can retrieve

an expression or result from the CAS by tapping

Z

and

selecting Get from CAS. The CAS opens. Press

=

or

\

until the item you want to retrieve is highlighted and

press

E

. The highlighted item is copied to the cursor

point in Home view.

Storing a value in a variable

You can store a value in a variable (that is, assign a value
to a variable). Then when you want to use that value in a
calculation, you can refer to it by the variable’s name. You
can create your own variables, or you can take advantage
of the built-in variables in Home view (named A to Z and

) and in the CAS (named a to z, and a few others). CAS

variables can be used in calculations in Home view, and
Home variables can be used in calculations in the CAS.
There are also built-in app variables and geometry
variables. These can also be used in calculations.

Example:

To assign 

2

to to the variable A:

Szj

AaE

Your stored value
appears as shown at the
right. If you then wanted
to multiply your stored
value by 5, you could
enter:

Aas

5

E

.

You can also create your own variables in Home view. For
example, suppose you wanted to create a variable called
ME and assign 

2

to it. You would enter:

Szj

AQAcE

2

32