HP 40gs - Manual (Page 377)

Programming 21-29
Example
INPUT R; "Circular Area";
"Radius";
"Enter Number";1:
MSGBOX Displays a message box containing textitem. A text item
consists of any number of expressions and quoted strings
of text. The expressions are evaluated and turned into
strings of text.
For example, "AREA IS:" 2 +2 becomes AREA IS: 4.
Use CHARS to type the quote marks " ".
MSGBOX textitem:
Example
1 X A:
MSGBOX "AREA IS: "π*A^2:
You can also use the NoteText variable to provide text
arguments. This can be used to insert line breaks. For
example, press
NOTE and type AREA IS .
The position line
MSGBOX NoteText " " π*A^2:
will display the same message box as the previous
example.
PROMPT Displays an input box with name as the title, and prompts
for a value for name. name can be a variable such as
A…Z, θ, L1…L9, C1…C9 or Z1…Z9..
PROMPT name:
WAIT Halts program execution for the specified number of
seconds.
WAIT seconds:
Stat-One and Stat-Two commands
The following commands are used for analyzing one-
variable and two-variable statistical data.
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