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Variables

Entering HAngle:=0

E

forces the setting to return

to radians.
You can see what value has been assigned to a
variable—whether Home, app, or user—by entering its
name in Home view and pressing

E

. You can enter

the name letter by letter, or choose the variable from the
Variables menu by pressing

a

.

More about

the Vars

menu

Besides the four variable menus, the

Vars

menu contains

a toggle. If you want the value of a variable instead of its
name when you choose it from the

Vars

menu, tap

. A white dot will appear next to the menu button

label to indicate that it is active and that variable values
rather than names will be returned upon selection.
For the Home and app variables, use the

Vars

menu to

get help on the purpose of any of these variables. Select
the variable of interest and press

W

. Suppose, for

example, that you wanted to get help on the Function app
variable GridDots:
1. Press

a

to open the

Vars

menu.

2. Tap

to open

the app variables
menu. (If you were
interested in a Home
variable instead, you
would tap

instead.)

3. Use the cursor keys

to navigate to the variable of interest.

4. Press

W

to see the

help about that
variable.

5. Tap

to exit or

J

to return to the

current

Vars

submenu.