Using view for displaying data – HP 35s Scientific Calculator User Manual

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Simple Programming

13-15

To cancel the INPUT prompt, press

. The current value for the variable

remains in the X–register. If you press

to resume the program, the

canceled INPUT prompt is repeated. If you press

during digit entry, it

clears the number to zero. Press

again to cancel the INPUT prompt.

Using VIEW for Displaying Data

The programmed VIEW instruction (

variable ) stops a running program

and displays and identifies the contents of the given variable, such as




This is a display only, and does not copy the number to the X–register. If Fraction–
display mode is active, the value is displayed as a fraction.

Pressing

copies this number to the X–register.

If the number is wider than 14 characters, such as binary, complex, vector
numbers, pressing

Ö

and

Õ

displays the rest.

Pressing

(or

) erases the VIEW display and shows the X–register.

Pressing

clears the contents of the displayed variable.

Press

to continue the program.

If you don't want the program to stop, see "Displaying Information without
Stopping" below.

For example, see the program for "Normal and Inverse–Normal Distributions" in
chapter 16. Lines T015 and T016 at the end of the T routine display the result for X.
Note also that this VIEW instruction in this program is preceded by a RCL
instruction. The RCL instruction is not necessary, but it is convenient because it brings
the VIEWed variable to the X–register, making it available for manual calculations.
(Pressing

while viewing a VIEW display would have the same effect.) The

other application programs in chapters 16 and 17 also ensure that the VIEWed
variable is in the X–register as well.

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