Creating And Deleting Programs - Texas Instruments TI-82 STATS Manual Book

Creating and Deleting Programs

What Is a
Program?
Creating a New
Program
Managing
Memory and
Deleting a
Program
16–4 Programming
A program is a set of one or more command lines. Each line
contains one or more instructions. When you execute a program,
the TI-82 STATS performs each instruction on each command
line in the same order in which you entered them. The number
and size of programs that the TI-82 STATS can store is limited
only by available memory.
To create a new program, follow these steps.
1. Press  | to display the
2. Press Í to select
displayed, and alpha-lock is on.
3. Press a letter from A to Z or q to enter the first character of
the new program name.
Note: A program name can be one to eight characters long. The
first character must be a letter from A to Z or q. The second
through eighth characters can be letters, numbers, or q.
4. Enter zero to seven letters, numbers, or q to complete the
new program name.
5. Press Í. The program editor is displayed.
6. Enter one or more program commands (page 16.5).
7. Press y [
QUIT
the home screen.
To check whether adequate memory is available for a program
you want to enter, press y [
from the
1:Check RAM
To increase available memory, press y [
from the
2:Delete MEMORY
To delete a specific program, press y [
from the
MEMORY
secondary menu (Chapter 18).
DELETE FROM
PRGM NEW
1:Create New
] to leave the program editor and return to
], and then select
MEM
menu (Chapter 18).
MEMORY
menu (Chapter 18).
menu, and then select
menu.
. The prompt is
Name=
], and then select
MEM
], select
2:Delete
MEM
from the
7:Prgm