Creating a list, Normal list operations – Sharp EL-9900 User Manual

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Chapter 9: List Features

2. Creating a list

A list is a series of values enclosed by braces, and is treated as a single value in

calculations or an equations.

The calculator has 6 storage areas for lists from L1 to L6.

You can edit or access lists by pressing

@ 1 to 6 (numeric keys from 1

to 6).

Using

@ l (L_DATA) menus, you can store up to 10 sets (L_DATA 0 to

L_DATA 9) of lists (L1 to L6) in a memory and recall any of the stored sets as re-

quired.

1. Press

# C to enter the calculation screen.

2. Press

@ { 1 ,

3

, 2 , 9 @

}

3. Press

R @ 1.

4. Press

E to store the list

in L1.

5. Press

@ { 5 ,

4

, 6 , 3 @

} R @ 2
E for L2.

Tips:

To view a specific list, press
@ 1 to 6, then E at the calculation screen.

3. Normal List Operations

• Lists can contain real and complex numbers.

• Lists can be used as values (or variables) in calculations or equations.

• Calculations between lists are also possible. (Both lists must contain the same

number of elements.)

• The following examples use the L1 and L2 values stored in the previous section.

Store a series

of data 1, 3, 2,

and 9 in the list

L1, and 5, 4, 6, 3

in L2

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