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Programming 16-7
8316PROG.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 1:23 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:39
PM Page 7 of 22
To copy all command lines from one program into a new
program, follow steps 1 through 5 for Creating a New
Program (page 16
.
4), and then follow these steps.
1. Press
y
[
RCL
]. Rcl is displayed on the bottom line of
the program editor in the new program (Chapter 1).
2. Press
 |
to display the
PRGM EXEC
menu.
3. Select a name from the menu.
prgm
name
is pasted to
the bottom line of the program editor.
4. Press
Í
. All command lines from the selected
program are copied into the new program.
Copying programs has at least two convenient
applications.
•
You can create a template for groups of instructions
that you use frequently.
•
You can rename a program by copying its contents into
a new program.
Note:
You also can copy all the command lines from one existing
program to another existing program using
RCL
.
The TI
-
83 sorts
PRGM EXEC
and
PRGM EDIT
menu items
automatically into alphanumerical order. Each menu only
labels the first 10 items using
1 through 9, then 0.
To jump to the first program name that begins with a
particular alpha character or
q
, press
ƒ
[
letter from A
to Z or
q
].
Tip:
From the top of either the
PRGM EXEC
or
PRGM EDIT
menu,
press
}
to move to the bottom. From the bottom, press
†
to move to
the top. To scroll the cursor down the menu seven items, press
ƒ
†
. To scroll the cursor up the menu seven items, press
ƒ }
.
Copying and Renaming Programs
Copying and
Renaming a
Program
Scrolling the
PRGM EXEC and
PRGM EDIT
Menus