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Programming

Create your first program with NEW

Make a program called HELLO that shows a message, then run it from the EXEC tab.

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The quickest way to learn the program editor is a one-line program. HELLO uses Disp to show the text HI on the home screen.

Text in a program goes between quote marks. The quote mark is the ALPHA layer of the + key, and A-LOCK (2nd, ALPHA) keeps letters on while you type a word.

Classic Graphing 84

Start on the main screen: Press 2nd then mode (QUIT) to get back to the home screen. Pressing clear on a menu also backs out of it.

  1. Press PRGM, press the left arrow to jump to the NEW tab, and press 1 (Create New).

    prgm◀1

  2. Letters are already locked on. Type H, E, L, L, O (the ^, SIN, ), ) and 7 keys) and press ENTER. The editor opens with PROGRAM:HELLO at the top.

    ^sin))7enter

  3. Press PRGM, the right arrow for the I/O tab, and 3 to paste Disp.

    prgm▶3

  4. Press 2nd, ALPHA to lock letters. Type a quote (+ key), H (^), I (x²) and another quote, then press ALPHA to unlock.

    2ndA-LOCKalpha+^x²+alpha

  5. Press 2nd, MODE (QUIT) to leave the editor. The program is saved.

    2ndQUITmode

  6. Press PRGM and 1 to paste prgmHELLO, then ENTER to run it.

    prgm1enter

You should seeHI is shown, then Done when the program ends.

Press ENTER again to run the program once more without going back through PRGM.

Classic Graphing 84 key reference

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