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Function, Commands under the cmds menu, Strings – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Programming

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Function

These commands enable you to control the visibility of a
user-defined function.

EXPORT

Export.
Syntax: EXPORT FunctionName()
Exports the function FunctionName so that it is globally

available and appears on the User menu (

D

).

VIEW

Sets text that the user can see by pressing

V

.

KEY

A prefix to a key name when creating a user keyboard.

See “The User Keyboard: Customizing key presses” on

page 515.

Commands under the Cmds menu

Strings

A string is a sequence of characters enclosed in double
quotes (""). To put a double quote in a string, use two
consecutive double quotes. The \ character starts an
escape sequence, and the character(s) immediately
following are interpreted specially. \n inserts a new line
and two backslashes insert a single backslash. To put a
new line into the string, press

E

to wrap the text at

that point.

ASC

Syntax: asc (str)
Returns a vector containing the ASCII codes of string str.
Example: asc("AB") returns [65,66]

CHAR

Syntax: char (vector or int)
Returns the string corresponding to the character codes in
vector, or the single code int.
Examples: char(65) returns "A"; char([82,77,72])

returns "RMH"