User manual - fx-5800P
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A
 Using the Matrix Editor Screen to Input Matrix Data
1. Press  
z
 – {MATRIX} 
1
(EDIT) to display the matrix 
memory area menu.
• A memory area that already contains a matrix will show 
the dimensions of its matrix (like 2 × 2), while an area that 
is empty will be indicated by “None”.
2. Use  
c
 and
f
 to move the highlighting to the matrix you want to use for data input.
3. Press  
E
.
• This displays a screen for specifying the dimensions of 
the matrix. 
m
 is the number of rows, while 
n
 is the number 
of columns.
Note
  If you select a memory area that already contains a matrix in step 2, pressing 
E
will display the matrix editor screen so you can edit the matrix. If you want to delete 
the existing matrix and make a new one with different dimensions, press 
e
 or 
z
1
(Dim) in place of
E
 in step 3.
4. Specify the dimensions of the matrix you want to create, up to a maximum of 10 rows 
and 10 columns. 
• To specify the number of rows, move the highlighting to 
m
, input a value and then press 
E
. This will cause the highlighting to move to 
n
.
• Input a value for 
n
 to specify the number of columns and then press 
E
.
• You can use 
c
 and
f
 to move the highlighting between 
m
 and
n
.
5. After inputting the row and column values you want, press 
E
.
• This will display the matrix editor screen.
Cursor
6. On the matrix editor screen, input values into the cells of the matrix.
• Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the cell you want and then input a value. 
After inputting a value, press 
E
 to register it.
7. After inputting all the values you want, press 
J
.
A
 Using the Value Assignment Command ( 
/
) to Input Matrix 
Data
1. On the COMP Mode calculation screen, use the following syntax to input the matrix you 
want to input into matrix memory.
a
11
a
12
... a
1n
a
21
a
22
... a
2n
a
m1
a
m2
... a
mn
...
...
...
[[a
11
, a
12
, ..., a
1n
][a
21
, a
22
, ..., a
2n
] ... [a
m1
, a
m2
, ..., a
mn
]]
• Inputting 
1 2
3 4
, for example, can be performed using the following key operation. 
Si
([)
Si
([)
1,2
S
6
(])
Si
([)
3,4
S
6
(])
S
6
(])










