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Using _ in a program, Restriction on the use of, For further information – HP 15c User Manual

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Section 13: Finding the Roots of an Equation 193

Restriction on the Use of _

The one restriction regarding the use of _ is that _ cannot be
used recursively. That is, you cannot use _ in a subroutine that is
called during the execution of _. If this situation occurs, execution
stops and

Error 7

is displayed. It is possible, however, to use _

with

f thereby using the advanced capabilities of both of these keys.

Memory Requirements

_ requires five registers to operate. (Appendix C explains how they
are automatically allocated from memory.) If five unoccupied registers are
not available, _

will not run and

Error 10

will be displayed.

A routine that combines _ and f requires 23 registers of space.

For Further Information

In appendix D, Advanced Use of _, additional techniques and
explanations for using _ are presented. These include:

How _ works.

Accuracy of the root.

Interpreting results.

Finding several roots.

Limiting estimation time.