Calculator User Manual

10-2 Programming
Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
A program is a set of commands that can be executed sequentially, as if they
had been entered from the keyboard. Write a simple program to simulate the
rolling of a single die. It should prompt for the number of rolls and then store the
results of the rolls in a list.
1. Press
K 9 9
to display the
PRGM NEW
menu.
2. Press
¸
to select
CREATE NEW.
(The keyboard
is now in
ALPHA-LOCK.
) Type
R O L L
as the name
of the program, and press
¸
. You are now in the
program editor. The
:
(colon) in the first column of
the second line indicates that this is the beginning of
a command line.
3. Press
K 9
to access the
PRGM I/O
menu. Press
4
.
CLRHOME
is copied to cursor location. Press
¸
to complete the instruction and move to the
next line.
4. Press
0
§ 2 =
3
2 ¢
. This sets the
dimension of
L
ã
(the list where the results of the rolls
will be stored) to 0. Press
¸
to complete the
instruction and move to the next line.
5. Press
K 9
1
to copy
INPUT
to the cursor
location. Press
2 <
ã
"
ä
ROLLS
2 D
1
?
ã
"
ä
b ?
R
to prompt the user to input the
number of rolls. Press
¸
to complete the
instruction.
6. Press
K
4
to copy
FOR(
to the cursor location.
Press
?
I
b
1
b ?
R
b
1
d
. Press
¸
to complete the instruction.
Getting Started: Rolling a Die