Prompt commands – HP 38g Graphing Calculator User Manual
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You can use the following commands to prompt users for
input during your program—or to provide information to
users.
Prompt Commands
BEEP
Beeps at the at the frequency and time you specify.
BEEP
fr e q u e n c y ;tim e _ in _ s e c o n d s
Exan®le
BEEP 1024,-5
Creates a 5-second beep at 1024 Hz.
CHOOSE
Where
name
is the name of the variable from which the number
of the initially-highlighted item is retrieved—and into which the
number of the chosen item will be stored.
Prompt
is the top-of-
box prompt or null (meaning no prompt), and
item-1
through
item-n
are the text items to be displayed.
CHOOSE
displays a
choose box and sets the specified variable to real number 0
through n corresponding to whether the choose box is canceled
(0), or an item is chosen (1 through n).
CHOOSE
n a m e ;p r o m p t,ite m -1 ..ite m - n
Example
3{{STO^}}A: CHOOSE A;
"DILBERT“;
"CALVIN&HOBBES";
"BLONDE";
"COMIC STRIPS",
COMIC STRIFS^^
DILBERT
CflLVIN&HOBBES
BLONDE
Programming 8-21