The [prgm] ctl menu, The 8, Ctl menu – Texas Instruments TI-73 EXPLORER User Manual

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Chapter 12: Programming

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2

DRAW

(excludes

8:Pen)

1

MATH

(excludes

6:Solver)

(

MEMORY

(excludes

2:SetFactors)

Exiting the Program Editor

Pressing &, ', *, - Ÿ, - l, or 3 exits

the Program editor and displays the applicable screen. The

calculator automatically saves all command lines in memory

whenever you exit the Program editor.

The 8

CTL Menu

You can only access the 8

CTL

(control) menu by pressing

8 from the Program editor. These programming

commands help control the flow of an executing program.

They make it easy to repeat or skip a group of commands

(block) during program execution.

If

,

For(

,

While

,

Repeat, IS>(,

and

DS<(

check a defined condition to

determine which command to execute next. Conditions

frequently use relational or Boolean tests (Chapter 2: Math

Operations). When you select an item from the menu, the

name is pasted to the cursor location on a command line in the

program. To return to the Program editor without selecting an

item, press :.

8 (from the Program

editor only)

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