Application Guide

Getting Started with the Program Editor

You can create user-defined functions or programs by typing definition statements on

the Calculator entry line or by using the Program Editor. The Program Editor offers

some advantages, and it is covered in this section. For more information, see

Calculator.

• The editor has programming templates and dialog boxes to help you define

functions and programs using correct syntax.

• The editor lets you enter multiple-line programming statements without requiring

a special key sequence to add each line.

• You can easily create private and public library objects (variables, functions, and

programs). For more information, see Libraries.

Launching the Program Editor

▶ To add a new Program Editor page in the current problem:

From the toolbar, click Insert > Program Editor > New.

Handheld: Press ~ and select Insert > ProgramEditor > New.

Note: The editor is also accessible from the Functions & Programs menu of a

Calculator page.

Program Editor menu – This menu is available anytime you are in the Program Editor

work area using the Normal view mode.

Program Editor work area

Status line shows line-number information and the name of the function or program

being edited. An asterisk (*) indicates that this function is “dirty,” which means that

it has changed since the last time its syntax has been checked and it has been stored.

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