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The program menu and program editing – HP 30b Business Professional Calculator User Manual

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Programming

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The Program Menu and Program Editing

Now that we have been through some short examples, let us look at some of the programming

details.

The Program menu displays a list of the ten programs that are in the calculator. Use the

>

and

<

keys to scroll through the program menu. For each program, the number displayed

at the bottom is the memory space used/occupied by the program and a checksum value of

that program. For example, program 0 for the sphere uses 13 bytes and has a checksum of

104 (see Figure 2).

Figure 2

There are 290 bytes of program space available.

To erase all the programs, open the Reset menu (press

:x

)

from

outside

of program

mode. In the reset menu, select Prgm. The number at the bottom of the display represents the
amount of programming steps in use. Press

I

twice to erase all programs.

To erase a specific program, go to the program menu, select the program with the

<

or

>

keys, and press

:xI

to erase that specific program.

To execute a program, select the program in the program menu and press

=

.

To edit or modify an existing program, select the program in the program menu and press

I

:

1. Review your program by pressing the

<

or

>

keys.

2. Delete the currently displayed instruction by pressing

{

.

3. Exit the program by pressing

O

or

:E

.

4. Any other key that you press will be inserted as an instruction in the program.
5. Insert an

>

,

<

,

O

,

or

{

instruction by pressing

:

(HOLD) and

>

,

<

,

O

,

or

{

.

Note: you can

(HOLD)

(HOLD)

followed by a label number to go

to a specific label.