Error conditions, Diagnosing an error – Texas Instruments TI-83 PLUS User Manual
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TI-83 Plus
Operating the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition
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Error Conditions
Diagnosing an Error
The
TI-83 Plus
detects errors while performing these tasks.
•
Evaluating an expression
•
Executing an instruction
•
Plotting a graph
•
Storing a value
When the
TI-83 Plus
detects an error, it returns an error message as a
menu title, such as
ERR:SYNTAX
or
ERR:DOMAIN
. Appendix B describes
each error type and possible reasons for the error.
•
If you select
1:Quit
(or press
y
5
or
‘
), then the home
screen is displayed.
•
If you select
2:Goto
, then the previous screen is displayed with the
cursor at or near the error location.
Note: If a syntax error occurs in the contents of a
Y=
function during program
execution, then the
Goto
option returns to the
Y=
editor, not to the program.