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TI-Basic 84 Programming/Input
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Input
Input, PRGM:I/O:1 is a command which will display a string, and will wait for a value to be entered. It will then store that value into the provided variable once ENTER is pressed. If the only argument is a variable, then a question mark will be displayed instead of the string. And if no arguments are provided, then a cursor on the graph screen will be used to define coordinates at a given location to the variables X and Y.
Syntax: Input
Input [string],var Where string is either a literal string or string variable which is displayed to help determine appropriate input value
If string is not given, then a question mark is displayed in its place
If string is used, then var must also be used
Where var is a variable type of any {unverified} which data is stored to
If no argument is specified, the command will display a movable cursor on the graph screen, where when enter is pressed, the current X-coordinate of the cursor will be stored to the variable X, and the current Y-coordinate stored to the variable Y
Ex: With String Title
Input "PLEASE ENTER VALUE: ",X
PLEASE ENTER VAL
UE: 5 The value of 5 would be stored to X.
Ex: Without String Title
Input X
?5 The value of 5 would be stored to X.
Ex: Without Arguments
Input If the graph screen cursor was at 3.5 for X, and 6.2 for Y, then 3.5 would be stored to X and 6.2 stored to Y.
Prompt
Prompt var[,var2][,var3][,var4][,…varN] Where var2,var3,var4, though to varN are all optional arguments. The number of arguments is only limited by available memory. There needs to be at least one argument for it to work.
Each argument must be a variable name.
For each argument, Prompt will wait while a value is entered. Once Enter is pressed, the value will be stored to the associated variable. Then Prompt will continue on to the next argument until the end.
Ex: Two Numbers
Prompt X,Y
X=?5
Y=?7 The X would have the value of 5 stored to it, and 7 would be stored to Y.
Ex: Other Variable Types
Prompt Str1,L2
Str1=?"ABC"
L2=?{1,2,3} This time, a string and a list were the variable types used.
using VARS you can set and pick functions Y1(requested value)
Y-VARS Example solves for v Note: add quotes " " for equation you can also predefined equation in Y=
using VARS you can set and pick functions Y1(requested value) Prompt Y2,v
Disp Y2(v solves for v Note: add quotes " " for equation you can also predefined equation in Y=Output Conditional Functions