Building a vector with ‡arry, Building a vector with arry ,9-6 – HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Building a vector with ARRY

The function

ARRY, available in the function catalog (

‚N‚é, use

—˜ to locate the function), can also be used to build a vector or array in
the following way. In ALG mode, enter ARRY(vector elements, number of
elements
), e.g.,

In RPN mode:
(1) Enter the n elements of the array in the order you want them to appear in

the array (when read from left to right) into the RPN stack.

(2) Enter n as the last entry.
(3) Use function ARRY.

The following screen shots show the RPN stack before and after applying
function ARRY:

Summary of Matrix Writer use for entering vectors
In summary, to enter a vector using the Matrix Writer, simply activate the writer
(

„²), and place the elements of the vector, pressing ` after each of

them. Then, press

``. Make sure that the @VEC and @GO

→ @

keys are

selected.

Example:

„²³~„xQ2`2`5\``

produces: [‘x^2‘ 2 –5 ]

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