Specifications

Performing System Mode Operations
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4. (Key)
= (EMPTY)
(or)
(Key)= (Variable)
NOTE: If a variable is not stored under a record key
you enter in Step 5, the
(EMPTY)
message is
displayed following the equal sign (
=
).
To enter a variable under an “empty” record key:
1. Press [BACKSPACE],
2. Type in the variable data, and
3. Press [FUNC/ENTER] to store the new value.
NOTE: If a variable does exist for a record key you
enter, the value is always displayed following the equal
sign (
=
).
To delete the variable data stored in a keyed record:
1. Display the record
2. Press [BACKSPACE] and
3. Press [FUNC/ENTER].
To edit a variable stored in a keyed record:
1. Display the record,
2. Press [BACKSPACE] (or [ALPHA] to append data)
3. Key in the new (or appended) data, and
4. Press [FUNC/ENTER].
NOTE: In the procedure described above, you can press
[ALPHA] after the [BACKSPACE] if you want to
append data to the existing variable. In this way, you
can avoid having to re-type the entire value.
To step through a keyed file, record by record:
1. Starting at the
RECALL?
prompt, or at the record
that is currently displayed, press FUNC/ENTER.
2. Press [FUNC/ENTER] to display the next record,
and so on.
3. Press [ALPHA] to display the previous record.
4. The
RECALL?
prompt appears again when all of
the records in the file have been displayed one time.
Table 14 Edit a Keyed File
Display Action
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