HP 50g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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screen the keystroke sequence to get such character ( . for this case) and the
numerical code corresponding to the character (10 in this case).

Characters that are not defined appear as a dark square in the characters list
( ) and show (

None

) at the bottom of the display, even though a numerical code

exists for all of them. Numerical characters show the corresponding number at
the bottom of the display.

Letters show the code

α (i.e., ~) followed by the corresponding letter, for

example, when you highlight M, you will see

αM displayed at the lower left side

of the screen, indicating the use of ~m. On the other hand, m shows the
keystroke combination

α M, or ~„m.

Greek characters, such as

σ, will show the code α

S

, or ~‚s. Some

characters, like

ρ, do not have a keystroke sequence associated with them.

Therefore, the only way to obtain such characters is through the character list by
highlighting the desired character and pressing

@ECHO1@ or @ECHO@.

Use

@ECHO1@ to copy one character to the stack and return immediately to normal

calculator display. Use

@ECHO@ to copy a series of characters to the stack. To

return to normal calculator display use $.

See Appendix D for more details on the use of special characters. Also,
Appendix G shows shortcuts for producing special characters.

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