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© 2006 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED TI-30XS MultiView: A Guide For Teachers 79
Data editor and list formulas
Keys
1. v displays a data editor with three lists.
Each list can contain up to 42 items. To
enter data, navigate to a list and enter a
number. Press the arrow keys to navigate list
elements.
Notes
• The examples on the transparency masters
assume all default settings.
• List formulas accept all calculator functions.
• In formulas, use D and E around variables
or list names to ensure the desired order of
operations.
• If a formula is entered to a list, the formula
list automatically updates if a referenced list
element is updated.
Note: Pressing < in a formula list
automatically deletes the formula. No
message is displayed.
• When a formula is deleted, the data remains
for use. The data is no longer updated.
• Pressing v again from the data editor
screen opens menus with options to clear
lists or to enter and manage formulas.
• Pressing v again when in “Add/edit
formula” option opens a menu containing list
names you can use when adding or editing
formulas.
• Pressing - backs up screens within the
data editor.
• Pressing % Q exits the data editor and
returns you to the Home screen.
• In the data editor, scientific notation
displays as
E to conserve space but still
show the magnitude of a number.
Example: 2 x 10
3
appears as 2E3.
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