Calculator User Manual
508      Appendix  A:  Functions  and  Instructions
8992APPA.DOC TI-89 / TI-92 Plus: Appendix A (US English) Susan Gullord Revised: 02/23/01 1:48 PM Printed: 02/23/01 2:21 PM Page 508 of 132
string()
MATH/String menu
string(
expression
) 
⇒
string
Simplifies 
expression
 and returns the result as
a character string.
string(1.2345)
¸
"1.2345"
string(1+2)
¸
"3"
string(cos(x)+‡(3))
¸
"cos(x)
+
‡
(3)"
Style
CATALOG
Style 
equanum,
stylePropertyString
Sets the system graphing function 
equanum
 in
the current graph mode to use the graphing
property 
stylePropertyString
.
equanum
 must be an integer from 1–99 and
the function must already exist.
stylePropertyString
 must be one of: "
Line
",
"
Dot
", "
Square
", "
Thick
", "
Animate
", "
Path
",
"
Above
", or "
Below
".
Note that in parametric graphing, only the 
xt
half of the pair contains the style
information.
Valid style names vs. graphing mode:
Function: all styles
Parametric/Polar: line, dot, square, thick, 
animate, path
Sequence: line, dot, square, thick
3D: none
Diff Equations: line, dot, square, thick, 
animate, path
Note: Capitalization and blank spaces are
optional when entering 
stylePropertyString
names.
Style 1,"thick"
¸
Done
Style 10,"path"
¸
Done
Note: In function graphing mode, these
examples set the style of 
y1(x)
 to 
"Thick"
and 
y10(x)
 to 
"Path"
.
subMat()
CATALOG
subMat(
matrix1
[
, 
startRow
] [
, 
startCol
] [
, 
endRow
]
[
, 
endCol
]
)
⇒
matrix
Returns the specified submatrix of 
matrix1
.
Defaults: 
startRow
=1, 
startCol
=1, 
endRow
=last
row, 
endCol
=last column.
[1,2,3;4,5,6;7,8,9]
!
m1
¸
1
 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
su
b
Mat
(
m
1
,2,
1
,3,2
)
¸
[
4 5
7 8
]
su
b
Mat
(
m
1
,2,2
)
¸
[
5 6
8 9
]
sum()
MATH/List menu
sum(
list
[
, start
[
, end
]]) 
⇒
expression
Returns the sum of the elements in 
list
.
Start
 and 
end
 are optional. They specify a
range of elements.
sum({1,2,3,4,5}) 
¸
15
sum({a,2a,3a}) 
¸
6
ø
a
sum(seq(n,n,1,10)) 
¸
55
sum({1,3,5,7,9},3) 
¸
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