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HP 50g Graphing Calculator, 48gII Graphing Calculator Reference guide

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HP 50g / 49g+ / 48gII graphing calculator
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Edition 2
HP part number F2228-90010
Printed Date: 2009/7/14
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Printing History
Edition 1 September 2005
Edition 2 July 2009
Contents - 1
Contents
Contents ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1. RPL Programming.......................................................................................................................................................................1-1
Understanding Programming.................................................................................................................................................1-1
The Contents of a Program.............................................................................................................................................1-1
Calculations in a Program................................................................................................................................................1-2
Entering and Executing Programs ........................................................................................................................................1-3
Viewing and Editing Programs ..............................................................................................................................................1-6
Creating Programs on a Computer........................................................................................................................................1-7
Using Local Variables..............................................................................................................................................................1-7
Creating Local Variables..................................................................................................................................................1-7
Evaluating Local Names..................................................................................................................................................1-9
Defining the Scope of Local Variables..........................................................................................................................1-9
Compiled Local Variables..............................................................................................................................................1-10
Creating User-Defined Functions as Programs.........................................................................................................1-10
Using Tests and Conditional Structures .............................................................................................................................1-11
Testing Conditions..........................................................................................................................................................1-11
Using Conditional Structures and Commands...........................................................................................................1-13
Using Loop Structures...........................................................................................................................................................1-17
Using Definite Loop Structures....................................................................................................................................1-17
Using Indefinite Loop Structures.................................................................................................................................1-22
Using Loop Counters.....................................................................................................................................................1-25
Using Summations Instead of Loops ..........................................................................................................................1-26
Using Flags ..............................................................................................................................................................................1-27
Types of Flags..................................................................................................................................................................1-27
Setting, Clearing, and Testing Flags.............................................................................................................................1-27
Recalling and Storing the Flag States...........................................................................................................................1-28
Using Subroutines ..................................................................................................................................................................1-29
Single-Stepping through a Program.....................................................................................................................................1-31
Trapping Errors......................................................................................................................................................................1-33
Causing and Analyzing Errors......................................................................................................................................1-33
Making an Error Trap....................................................................................................................................................1-35
Input.........................................................................................................................................................................................1-37
Data Input Commands ..................................................................................................................................................1-37
Using PROMPT, CONT for Input.............................................................................................................................1-37
Using DISP FREEZE HALT, CONT for Input......................................................................................................1-39
Using INPUT, ENTER for Input ...............................................................................................................................1-40
Using INFORM and CHOOSE for Input.................................................................................................................1-45
Beeping to Get Attention..............................................................................................................................................1-48
Stopping a Program for Keystroke Input...........................................................................................................................1-48
Using WAIT for Keystroke Input................................................................................................................................1-48
Using KEY for Keystroke Input..................................................................................................................................1-49
Output ..............................................................................................................................................................................1-49
Data Output Commands...............................................................................................................................................1-49
Labeling Output with Tags............................................................................................................................................1-50
Labeling and Displaying Output as Strings ................................................................................................................1-50
Pausing to Display Output............................................................................................................................................1-51
Using MSGBOX to Display Output...........................................................................................................................1-51
Using Menus with Programs ................................................................................................................................................1-52
Using Menus for Input...................................................................................................................................................1-52
Using Menus to Run Programs ....................................................................................................................................1-53
Turning Off the Calculator from a Program .....................................................................................................................1-55
2. RPL Programming Examples....................................................................................................................................................2-1
Contents - 2
Fibonacci Numbers..................................................................................................................................................................2-1
FIB1 (Fibonacci Numbers, Recursive Version)...........................................................................................................2-1
FIB2 (Fibonacci Numbers, Loop Version....................................................................................................................2-2
FIBT (Comparing Program-Execution Time).............................................................................................................2-4
Displaying a Binary Integer.....................................................................................................................................................2-5
PAD (Pad with Leading Spaces).....................................................................................................................................2-5
PRESERVE (Save and Restore Previous Status)........................................................................................................2-6
BDISP (Binary Display)...................................................................................................................................................2-7
Median of Statistics Data ......................................................................................................................................................2-10
%TILE (Percentile of a list)..........................................................................................................................................2-10
MEDIAN (Median of Statistics Data).........................................................................................................................2-11
Expanding and Collecting Completely................................................................................................................................2-13
MULTI (Multiple Execution) .......................................................................................................................................2-14
EXCO (Expand and Collect Completely) ..................................................................................................................2-15
Minimum and Maximum Array Elements..........................................................................................................................2-16
MNX (Minimum or Maximum Element—Version 1).............................................................................................2-16
MNX2 (Minimum or Maximum Element—Version 2)...........................................................................................2-18
Applying a Program to an Array..........................................................................................................................................2-20
Converting Between Number Bases ...................................................................................................................................2-22
Verifying Program Arguments.............................................................................................................................................2-24
NAMES (Check List for Exactly Two Names).........................................................................................................2-25
NAMES...................................................................................................................................................................................2-26
Converting Procedures from Algebraic to RPN...............................................................................................................2-27
Bessel Functions.....................................................................................................................................................................2-29
Animation of Successive Taylor’s Polynomials.................................................................................................................2-31
SINTP (Converting a Plot to a Graphics Object).....................................................................................................2-31
Techniques used in SINTP ...........................................................................................................................................2-31
SETTS (Superimposing Taylor’s polynomials)..........................................................................................................2-32
TSA (Animating Taylor’s Polynomials).......................................................................................................................2-33
Programmatic Use of Statistics and Plotting......................................................................................................................2-34
Trace Mode .............................................................................................................................................................................2-37
Inverse-Function Solver........................................................................................................................................................2-38
Animating a Graphical Image...............................................................................................................................................2-39
3. Full Command and Function Reference..................................................................................................................................3-1
ABCUV......................................................................................................................................................................................3-5
ABS.............................................................................................................................................................................................3-5
ACK............................................................................................................................................................................................3-5
ACKALL ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-6
ACOS .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-6
ACOS2S.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-7
ACOSH......................................................................................................................................................................................3-8
ADD...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-9
ADDTMOD.............................................................................................................................................................................3-9
ADDTOREAL.......................................................................................................................................................................3-10
ALGB.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-10
ALOG......................................................................................................................................................................................3-10
AMORT...................................................................................................................................................................................3-11
AND.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-11
ANIMATE..............................................................................................................................................................................3-12
ANS..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-12
APPLY.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-13
ARC..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-13
ARCHIVE...............................................................................................................................................................................3-14
ARG..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-14
ARIT.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-15
ARRY→...................................................................................................................................................................................3-15
Contents - 3
→ARRY...................................................................................................................................................................................3-15
ASIN.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-15
ASIN2C....................................................................................................................................................................................3-17
ASIN2T....................................................................................................................................................................................3-17
ASINH.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-17
ASN..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-18
ASR...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-19
ASSUME .................................................................................................................................................................................3-19
ATAN ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-20
ATAN2S..................................................................................................................................................................................3-21
ATANH...................................................................................................................................................................................3-22
ATICK.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-22
ATTACH.................................................................................................................................................................................3-23
AUGMENT............................................................................................................................................................................3-23
AUTO ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-24
AXES........................................................................................................................................................................................3-24
AXL..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-25
AXM.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-25
AXQ.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-26
BAR ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-26
BARPLOT...............................................................................................................................................................................3-27
BASIS.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-27
BAUD ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-27
BEEP........................................................................................................................................................................................3-28
BESTFIT.................................................................................................................................................................................3-28
BIN...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-28
BINS.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-29
BLANK....................................................................................................................................................................................3-29
BOX .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-29
BUFLEN.................................................................................................................................................................................3-30
BYTES.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-30
B→R.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-30
C$..............................................................................................................................................................................................3-31
C2P ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-31
CASCFG..................................................................................................................................................................................3-31
CASCMD.................................................................................................................................................................................3-32
CASE........................................................................................................................................................................................3-32
CEIL.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-33
CENTR....................................................................................................................................................................................3-33
CF..............................................................................................................................................................................................3-33
%CH.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-33
CHINREM..............................................................................................................................................................................3-34
CHOLESKY...........................................................................................................................................................................3-34
CHOOSE ................................................................................................................................................................................3-35
CHR..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-35
CIRC.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-36
CKSM.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-36
CLEAR.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-37
CLKADJ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-37
CLLCD ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-37
CLOSEIO ...............................................................................................................................................................................3-37
CLΣ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-38
CLUSR.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-38
CLVAR ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-38
CMPLX....................................................................................................................................................................................3-38
CNRM......................................................................................................................................................................................3-38
Contents - 4
→COL .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-39
COL→ .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-39
COL–........................................................................................................................................................................................3-39
COL+.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-40
COLCT....................................................................................................................................................................................3-40
COLLECT...............................................................................................................................................................................3-40
COLΣ.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-41
COMB......................................................................................................................................................................................3-41
CON.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-41
COND .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-42
CONIC ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-43
CONJ .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-43
CONLIB..................................................................................................................................................................................3-44
CONST....................................................................................................................................................................................3-44
CONSTANTS ........................................................................................................................................................................3-44
CONT......................................................................................................................................................................................3-45
CONVERT.............................................................................................................................................................................3-45
CORR.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-45
COS ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-46
COSH.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-46
COV .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-46
CR .............................................................................................................................................................................................3-47
CRDIR .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-47
CROSS .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-47
CSWP .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-47
CURL .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-48
CYCLOTOMIC.....................................................................................................................................................................3-48
CYLIN .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-48
C→PX......................................................................................................................................................................................3-49
C→R.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-49
DARCY....................................................................................................................................................................................3-49
DATE.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-49
→DATE..................................................................................................................................................................................3-50
DATE+....................................................................................................................................................................................3-50
DBUG......................................................................................................................................................................................3-50
DDAYS....................................................................................................................................................................................3-51
DEC..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-51
DECR.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-51
DEDICACE ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-52
DEF..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-52
DEFINE..................................................................................................................................................................................3-52
DEG.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-53
DEGREE................................................................................................................................................................................3-53
DELALARM ..........................................................................................................................................................................3-53
DELAY....................................................................................................................................................................................3-54
DELKEYS ..............................................................................................................................................................................3-54
DEPND...................................................................................................................................................................................3-55
DEPTH....................................................................................................................................................................................3-55
DERIV.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-56
DERVX ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-56
DESOLVE..............................................................................................................................................................................3-56
DET..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-57
DETACH................................................................................................................................................................................3-57
DIAG→...................................................................................................................................................................................3-58
→DIAG...................................................................................................................................................................................3-58
DIAGMAP..............................................................................................................................................................................3-58
Contents - 5
DIFF.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-59
DIFFEQ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-59
DIR...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-60
DISP.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-60
DISPXY...................................................................................................................................................................................3-61
DISTRIB..................................................................................................................................................................................3-61
DIV...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-62
DIV2.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-62
DIV2MOD..............................................................................................................................................................................3-62
DIVIS.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-63
DIVMOD................................................................................................................................................................................3-63
DIVPC .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-63
dn ..............................................................................................................................................................................................3-64
DO............................................................................................................................................................................................3-64
DOERR...................................................................................................................................................................................3-65
DOLIST...................................................................................................................................................................................3-65
DOMAIN................................................................................................................................................................................3-66
DOSUBS .................................................................................................................................................................................3-66
DOT.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-67
DRAW .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-68
DRAW3DMATRIX ..............................................................................................................................................................3-68
DRAX ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-68
DROITE..................................................................................................................................................................................3-69
DROP ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-69
DROP2 ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-69
DROPN...................................................................................................................................................................................3-70
DTAG......................................................................................................................................................................................3-70
DUP..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-70
DUP2........................................................................................................................................................................................3-70
DUPDUP ................................................................................................................................................................................3-71
DUPN......................................................................................................................................................................................3-71
D→R........................................................................................................................................................................................3-71
e.................................................................................................................................................................................................3-71
EDIT........................................................................................................................................................................................3-72
EDITB .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-72
EGCD......................................................................................................................................................................................3-72
EGV .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-73
EGVL.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-73
ELSE........................................................................................................................................................................................3-73
END.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-73
ENDSUB.................................................................................................................................................................................3-74
ENG.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-74
EPSX0......................................................................................................................................................................................3-74
EQNLIB..................................................................................................................................................................................3-75
EQW ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-75
EQ→........................................................................................................................................................................................3-75
ERASE.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-75
ERR0........................................................................................................................................................................................3-76
ERRM ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-76
ERRN.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-76
EULER ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-76
EVAL.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-77
EXLR .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-77
EXP&LN.................................................................................................................................................................................3-78
EXP ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-78
EXP2HYP...............................................................................................................................................................................3-79
Contents - 6
EXP2POW..............................................................................................................................................................................3-79
EXPAN....................................................................................................................................................................................3-79
EXPAND................................................................................................................................................................................3-80
EXPANDMOD.....................................................................................................................................................................3-80
EXPFIT...................................................................................................................................................................................3-81
EXPLN....................................................................................................................................................................................3-81
EXPM ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-81
EYEPT.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-81
F0λ ............................................................................................................................................................................................3-82
FACT........................................................................................................................................................................................3-82
FACTOR.................................................................................................................................................................................3-82
FACTORMOD......................................................................................................................................................................3-83
FACTORS...............................................................................................................................................................................3-83
FANNING..............................................................................................................................................................................3-84
FAST3D...................................................................................................................................................................................3-84
FCOEF ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-85
FC?............................................................................................................................................................................................3-85
FC?C.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-85
FDISTRIB...............................................................................................................................................................................3-86
FFT...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-86
FILER ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-87
FINDALARM........................................................................................................................................................................3-87
FINISH....................................................................................................................................................................................3-87
FIX............................................................................................................................................................................................3-87
FLASHEVAL.........................................................................................................................................................................3-88
FLOOR....................................................................................................................................................................................3-88
FONT6 ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-88
FONT7 ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-89
FONT8 ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-89
FONT→..................................................................................................................................................................................3-89
→FONT..................................................................................................................................................................................3-89
FOR..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-90
FOURIER ...............................................................................................................................................................................3-91
FP..............................................................................................................................................................................................3-91
FREE........................................................................................................................................................................................3-91
FREEZE..................................................................................................................................................................................3-91
FROOTS .................................................................................................................................................................................3-92
FS?.............................................................................................................................................................................................3-92
FS?C..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-93
FUNCTION...........................................................................................................................................................................3-93
FXND......................................................................................................................................................................................3-94
GAMMA..................................................................................................................................................................................3-95
GAUSS.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-95
GBASIS....................................................................................................................................................................................3-95
GCD.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-96
GCDMOD..............................................................................................................................................................................3-96
GET..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-96
GETI........................................................................................................................................................................................3-97
GOR.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-98
GRAD......................................................................................................................................................................................3-98
GRAMSCHMIDT .................................................................................................................................................................3-99
GRAPH ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-99
GREDUCE.............................................................................................................................................................................3-99
GRIDMAP............................................................................................................................................................................3-100
→GROB................................................................................................................................................................................3-100
GROB ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-101
Contents - 7
GROBADD..........................................................................................................................................................................3-101
GXOR....................................................................................................................................................................................3-101
*H............................................................................................................................................................................................3-102
HADAMARD ......................................................................................................................................................................3-102
HALFTAN............................................................................................................................................................................3-102
HALT.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-102
HEAD....................................................................................................................................................................................3-103
HEADER→ .........................................................................................................................................................................3-103
→HEADER .........................................................................................................................................................................3-103
HELP .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-103
HERMITE ............................................................................................................................................................................3-104
HESS......................................................................................................................................................................................3-104
HEX .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-104
HILBERT..............................................................................................................................................................................3-105
HISTOGRAM......................................................................................................................................................................3-105
HISTPLOT ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-106
HMS– .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-106
HMS+ ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-106
HMS→...................................................................................................................................................................................3-107
→HMS...................................................................................................................................................................................3-107
HOME...................................................................................................................................................................................3-108
HORNER..............................................................................................................................................................................3-108
i................................................................................................................................................................................................3-108
IABCUV................................................................................................................................................................................3-108
IBASIS ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-109
IBERNOULLI .....................................................................................................................................................................3-109
IBP..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-109
ICHINREM..........................................................................................................................................................................3-110
IDN ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-110
IDIV2.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-111
IEGCD ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-111
IF.............................................................................................................................................................................................3-112
IFERR....................................................................................................................................................................................3-112
IFFT .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-113
IFT..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-114
IFTE.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-114
ILAP.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-114
IM............................................................................................................................................................................................3-115
IMAGE..................................................................................................................................................................................3-115
INCR......................................................................................................................................................................................3-116
INDEP...................................................................................................................................................................................3-116
INFORM...............................................................................................................................................................................3-116
INPUT ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-117
INT.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-118
INTEGER.............................................................................................................................................................................3-119
INTVX...................................................................................................................................................................................3-119
INV.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-119
INVMOD..............................................................................................................................................................................3-120
IP.............................................................................................................................................................................................3-120
IQUOT..................................................................................................................................................................................3-120
IREMAINDER....................................................................................................................................................................3-121
ISOL.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-121
ISOM......................................................................................................................................................................................3-121
ISPRIME?..............................................................................................................................................................................3-122
I→R........................................................................................................................................................................................3-122
JORDAN...............................................................................................................................................................................3-122
Contents - 8
KER........................................................................................................................................................................................3-123
KERRM.................................................................................................................................................................................3-123
KEY........................................................................................................................................................................................3-123
KEYEVAL............................................................................................................................................................................3-124
→KEYTIME........................................................................................................................................................................3-124
KEYTIME→........................................................................................................................................................................3-125
KGET ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-125
KILL.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-125
LABEL...................................................................................................................................................................................3-125
LAGRANGE........................................................................................................................................................................3-126
LANGUAGE→...................................................................................................................................................................3-126
→LANGUAGE...................................................................................................................................................................3-126
LAP.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-127
LAPL......................................................................................................................................................................................3-127
LAST ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-127
LASTARG.............................................................................................................................................................................3-128
LCD→ ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-128
→LCD ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-128
LCM........................................................................................................................................................................................3-128
LCXM ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-129
LDEC.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-129
LEGENDRE........................................................................................................................................................................3-130
LGCD ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-130
LIBEVAL..............................................................................................................................................................................3-130
LIBS........................................................................................................................................................................................3-130
lim ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-131
LIMIT.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-131
LIN .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-131
LINE ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-132
ΣLINE....................................................................................................................................................................................3-132
LINFIT ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-132
LININ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-133
LINSOLVE...........................................................................................................................................................................3-133
LIST→...................................................................................................................................................................................3-133
→LIST...................................................................................................................................................................................3-133
∆LIST.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-134
ΠLIST ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-134
ΣLIST.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-134
LN...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-134
LNAME.................................................................................................................................................................................3-136
LNCOLLECT ......................................................................................................................................................................3-136
LNP1......................................................................................................................................................................................3-136
LOCAL..................................................................................................................................................................................3-137
LOG .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-137
LOGFIT ................................................................................................................................................................................3-138
LQ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-138
LR............................................................................................................................................................................................3-138
LSQ.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-139
LU...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-139
LVAR .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-140
MAD.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-140
MAIN.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-141
MANT....................................................................................................................................................................................3-141
MAP........................................................................................................................................................................................3-141
↓MATCH...............................................................................................................................................................................3-141
↑MATCH...............................................................................................................................................................................3-142
Contents - 9
MATHS..................................................................................................................................................................................3-143
MATR ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-143
MAX.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-143
MAXR....................................................................................................................................................................................3-144
MAXΣ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-144
MCALC..................................................................................................................................................................................3-144
MEAN....................................................................................................................................................................................3-145
MEM ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-145
MENU ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-145
MENUXY.............................................................................................................................................................................3-146
MERGE.................................................................................................................................................................................3-147
MIN........................................................................................................................................................................................3-147
MINEHUNT........................................................................................................................................................................3-147
MINIFONT→ .....................................................................................................................................................................3-148
→MINIFONT .....................................................................................................................................................................3-148
MINIT....................................................................................................................................................................................3-148
MINR.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-148
MINΣ.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-149
MITM.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-149
MKISOM...............................................................................................................................................................................3-149
MOD......................................................................................................................................................................................3-150
MODSTO .............................................................................................................................................................................3-150
MODULAR ..........................................................................................................................................................................3-150
MOLWT................................................................................................................................................................................3-151
MROOT ................................................................................................................................................................................3-151
MSGBOX..............................................................................................................................................................................3-151
MSLV .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-152
MSOLVR...............................................................................................................................................................................3-152
MULTMOD..........................................................................................................................................................................3-153
MUSER..................................................................................................................................................................................3-153
→NDISP...............................................................................................................................................................................3-153
NDIST ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-154
NDUPN.................................................................................................................................................................................3-154
NEG.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-154
NEWOB................................................................................................................................................................................3-155
NEXT ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-155
NEXT ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-155
NEXTPRIME.......................................................................................................................................................................3-155
NIP .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-156
NOT.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-156
NOVAL.................................................................................................................................................................................3-156
NΣ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-157
NSUB .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-157
→NUM..................................................................................................................................................................................3-157
NUM ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-157
NUMX ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-158
NUMY ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-158
OBJ→.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-158
OCT........................................................................................................................................................................................3-159
OFF ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-159
OLDPRT...............................................................................................................................................................................3-159
OPENIO...............................................................................................................................................................................3-160
OR...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-160
ORDER.................................................................................................................................................................................3-161
OVER ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-161
P2C .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-162
Contents - 10
PA2B2 ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-162
PARAMETRIC ....................................................................................................................................................................3-162
PARITY.................................................................................................................................................................................3-163
PARSURFACE.....................................................................................................................................................................3-164
PARTFRAC..........................................................................................................................................................................3-164
PATH.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-165
PCAR......................................................................................................................................................................................3-165
PCOEF ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-165
PCONTOUR........................................................................................................................................................................3-166
PCOV.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-166
PDIM .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-167
PERINFO .............................................................................................................................................................................3-167
PERM.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-167
PERTBL ................................................................................................................................................................................3-168
PEVAL...................................................................................................................................................................................3-168
PGDIR...................................................................................................................................................................................3-168
PICK.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-168
PICK3 ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-168
PICT.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-169
PICTURE..............................................................................................................................................................................3-169
PINIT.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-169
PIX?........................................................................................................................................................................................3-170
PIXOFF.................................................................................................................................................................................3-170
PIXON...................................................................................................................................................................................3-170
PKT ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-170
PLOT .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-171
PLOTADD ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-171
PMAX ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-171
PMIN .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-171
PMINI....................................................................................................................................................................................3-172
POLAR ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-172
POLYNOMIAL...................................................................................................................................................................3-173
POP ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-173
POS.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-174
POTENTIAL .......................................................................................................................................................................3-174
POWEXPAND....................................................................................................................................................................3-174
POWMOD............................................................................................................................................................................3-175
PR1 .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-175
PREDV..................................................................................................................................................................................3-176
PREDX..................................................................................................................................................................................3-176
PREDY..................................................................................................................................................................................3-177
PREVAL................................................................................................................................................................................3-177
PREVPRIME........................................................................................................................................................................3-178
PRLCD...................................................................................................................................................................................3-178
PROMPT...............................................................................................................................................................................3-178
PROMPTSTO......................................................................................................................................................................3-178
PROOT..................................................................................................................................................................................3-179
PROPFRAC..........................................................................................................................................................................3-179
PRST.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-180
PRSTC....................................................................................................................................................................................3-180
PRVAR...................................................................................................................................................................................3-180
PSDEV...................................................................................................................................................................................3-181
PSI...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-181
Psi............................................................................................................................................................................................3-181
PTAYL...................................................................................................................................................................................3-182
PTPROP................................................................................................................................................................................3-182
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PURGE..................................................................................................................................................................................3-182
PUSH......................................................................................................................................................................................3-183
PUT ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-183
PUTI.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-184
PVAR .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-185
PVARS...................................................................................................................................................................................3-185
PVIEW...................................................................................................................................................................................3-186
PWRFIT.................................................................................................................................................................................3-186
PX→C....................................................................................................................................................................................3-187
→Q.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-187
→Qπ.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-187
qr .............................................................................................................................................................................................3-188
QR...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-188
QUAD....................................................................................................................................................................................3-188
QUOT....................................................................................................................................................................................3-189
QUOTE.................................................................................................................................................................................3-189
QXA.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-190
RAD........................................................................................................................................................................................3-190
RAND....................................................................................................................................................................................3-190
RANK....................................................................................................................................................................................3-190
RANM....................................................................................................................................................................................3-191
RATIO...................................................................................................................................................................................3-191
RCEQ.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-192
RCI..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-192
RCIJ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-192
RCL.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-193
RCLALARM.........................................................................................................................................................................3-193
RCLF......................................................................................................................................................................................3-194
RCLKEYS.............................................................................................................................................................................3-194
RCLMENU...........................................................................................................................................................................3-194
RCLVX ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-195
RCLΣ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-195
RCWS.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-195
RDM.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-195
RDZ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-196
RE...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-196
RECN.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-197
RECT .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-197
RECV.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-197
REF.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-198
REMAINDER......................................................................................................................................................................3-198
RENAME..............................................................................................................................................................................3-198
REORDER ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-199
REPEAT................................................................................................................................................................................3-199
REPL......................................................................................................................................................................................3-199
RES.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-200
RESTORE.............................................................................................................................................................................3-201
RESULTANT.......................................................................................................................................................................3-201
REVLIST...............................................................................................................................................................................3-202
REWRITE.............................................................................................................................................................................3-202
RISCH....................................................................................................................................................................................3-202
RKF........................................................................................................................................................................................3-203
RKFERR ...............................................................................................................................................................................3-203
RKFSTEP..............................................................................................................................................................................3-204
RL............................................................................................................................................................................................3-204
RLB.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-205
Contents - 12
RND.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-205
RNRM....................................................................................................................................................................................3-206
ROLL .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-206
ROLLD..................................................................................................................................................................................3-206
ROMUPLOAD....................................................................................................................................................................3-206
ROOT....................................................................................................................................................................................3-207
ROT........................................................................................................................................................................................3-207
ROW– ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-207
ROW+ ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-208
ROW→..................................................................................................................................................................................3-208
→ROW..................................................................................................................................................................................3-208
RPL>......................................................................................................................................................................................3-209
RR ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-209
RRB ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-209
rref...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-210
RREF......................................................................................................................................................................................3-210
RREFMOD...........................................................................................................................................................................3-211
RRK........................................................................................................................................................................................3-211
RRKSTEP .............................................................................................................................................................................3-212
RSBERR ................................................................................................................................................................................3-213
RSD ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-213
RSWP .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-214
RULES...................................................................................................................................................................................3-214
R→B.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-214
R→C.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-215
R→D......................................................................................................................................................................................3-215
R→I........................................................................................................................................................................................3-215
SAME.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-215
SBRK......................................................................................................................................................................................3-216
SCALE...................................................................................................................................................................................3-216
SCALEH................................................................................................................................................................................3-216
SCALEW...............................................................................................................................................................................3-216
SCATRPLOT........................................................................................................................................................................3-217
SCATTER .............................................................................................................................................................................3-217
SCHUR ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-218
SCI ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-218
SCLΣ ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-218
SCONJ ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-219
SCROLL................................................................................................................................................................................3-219
SDEV.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-219
SEND.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-219
SEQ ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-220
SERIES..................................................................................................................................................................................3-220
SERVER................................................................................................................................................................................3-221
SEVAL...................................................................................................................................................................................3-221
SF ............................................................................................................................................................................................3-221
SHOW....................................................................................................................................................................................3-222
SIDENS.................................................................................................................................................................................3-222
SIGMA...................................................................................................................................................................................3-222
SIGMAVX ............................................................................................................................................................................3-223
SIGN......................................................................................................................................................................................3-223
SIGNTAB .............................................................................................................................................................................3-224
SIMP2.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-224
SIMPLIFY.............................................................................................................................................................................3-225
SIN..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-225
SINCOS.................................................................................................................................................................................3-225
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SINH......................................................................................................................................................................................3-226
SINV.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-226
SIZE.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-226
SL............................................................................................................................................................................................3-227
SLB .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-227
SLOPEFIELD......................................................................................................................................................................3-227
SNEG.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-228
SNRM.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-228
SOLVE...................................................................................................................................................................................3-229
SOLVEQN ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-229
SOLVER................................................................................................................................................................................3-230
SOLVEVX............................................................................................................................................................................3-230
SORT......................................................................................................................................................................................3-230
SPHERE................................................................................................................................................................................3-231
SQ ...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-231
SR............................................................................................................................................................................................3-231
SRAD .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-231
SRB.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-232
SRECV...................................................................................................................................................................................3-232
SREPL....................................................................................................................................................................................3-233
SST..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-233
SST↓........................................................................................................................................................................................3-233
START ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-234
STD ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-234
STEP ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-235
STEQ .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-235
STIME....................................................................................................................................................................................3-235
STO ........................................................................................................................................................................................3-236
STOALARM.........................................................................................................................................................................3-236
STOF......................................................................................................................................................................................3-237
STOKEYS.............................................................................................................................................................................3-237
STORE...................................................................................................................................................................................3-238
STOVX..................................................................................................................................................................................3-238
STO+ .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-238
STO–......................................................................................................................................................................................3-239
STO* ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-239
STO/......................................................................................................................................................................................3-239
STOΣ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-240
STR→.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-240
→STR.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-240
STREAM...............................................................................................................................................................................3-241
STRM .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-241
STURM..................................................................................................................................................................................3-241
STURMAB............................................................................................................................................................................3-242
STWS......................................................................................................................................................................................3-242
SUB.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-242
SUBST....................................................................................................................................................................................3-243
SUBTMOD...........................................................................................................................................................................3-243
SVD........................................................................................................................................................................................3-244
SVL.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-244
SWAP.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-244
SYSEVAL..............................................................................................................................................................................3-245
SYLVESTER........................................................................................................................................................................3-245
SYST2MAT...........................................................................................................................................................................3-245
%T ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-246
TABVAL ...............................................................................................................................................................................3-246
Contents - 14
TABVAR...............................................................................................................................................................................3-247
→TAG...................................................................................................................................................................................3-247
TAIL.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-247
TAN........................................................................................................................................................................................3-248
TAN2CS2..............................................................................................................................................................................3-248
TAN2SC ................................................................................................................................................................................3-248
TAN2SC2..............................................................................................................................................................................3-249
TANH....................................................................................................................................................................................3-249
TAYLOR0.............................................................................................................................................................................3-250
TAYLR...................................................................................................................................................................................3-250
TCHEBYCHEFF ................................................................................................................................................................3-250
TCOLLECT..........................................................................................................................................................................3-251
TDELTA...............................................................................................................................................................................3-251
TESTS....................................................................................................................................................................................3-251
TEVAL ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-252
TEXPAND ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-252
TEXT.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-252
THEN....................................................................................................................................................................................3-252
TICKS....................................................................................................................................................................................3-253
TIME......................................................................................................................................................................................3-253
→TIME.................................................................................................................................................................................3-253
TINC......................................................................................................................................................................................3-253
TLIN ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-254
TLINE ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-254
TMENU.................................................................................................................................................................................3-255
TOT........................................................................................................................................................................................3-255
TRACE ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-255
TRAN.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-255
TRANSIO .............................................................................................................................................................................3-256
TRIG......................................................................................................................................................................................3-256
TRIGCOS .............................................................................................................................................................................3-257
TRIGO...................................................................................................................................................................................3-257
TRIGSIN...............................................................................................................................................................................3-257
TRIGTAN.............................................................................................................................................................................3-257
TRN........................................................................................................................................................................................3-258
TRNC.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-258
TRUNC..................................................................................................................................................................................3-259
TRUTH..................................................................................................................................................................................3-259
TSIMP....................................................................................................................................................................................3-260
TSTR ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-260
TVARS...................................................................................................................................................................................3-261
TVM .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-261
TVMBEG..............................................................................................................................................................................3-261
TVMEND.............................................................................................................................................................................3-261
TVMROOT ..........................................................................................................................................................................3-261
TYPE......................................................................................................................................................................................3-262
UBASE...................................................................................................................................................................................3-262
UFACT ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-263
UFL1→MINIF.....................................................................................................................................................................3-263
UNASSIGN..........................................................................................................................................................................3-263
UNASSUME.........................................................................................................................................................................3-263
UNBIND...............................................................................................................................................................................3-264
→UNIT.................................................................................................................................................................................3-264
UNPICK................................................................................................................................................................................3-264
UNROT.................................................................................................................................................................................3-265
UNTIL...................................................................................................................................................................................3-265
Contents - 15
UPDIR...................................................................................................................................................................................3-265
UTPC .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-265
UTPF......................................................................................................................................................................................3-266
UTPN.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-266
UTPT......................................................................................................................................................................................3-267
UVAL.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-267
V→ .........................................................................................................................................................................................3-267
→V2.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-268
→V3.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-268
VANDERMONDE ............................................................................................................................................................3-269
VAR........................................................................................................................................................................................3-269
VARS......................................................................................................................................................................................3-270
VER........................................................................................................................................................................................3-270
VERSION.............................................................................................................................................................................3-270
VISIT......................................................................................................................................................................................3-271
VISITB...................................................................................................................................................................................3-271
VPOTENTIAL....................................................................................................................................................................3-271
VTYPE...................................................................................................................................................................................3-272
*W...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-272
WAIT .....................................................................................................................................................................................3-272
WHILE ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-273
WIREFRAME......................................................................................................................................................................3-273
WSLOG.................................................................................................................................................................................3-274
ΣX...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-275
ΣX2.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-275
ΣX^2 ......................................................................................................................................................................................3-276
XCOL.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-276
XGET ....................................................................................................................................................................................3-276
XMIT......................................................................................................................................................................................3-276
XNUM ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-277
XOR .......................................................................................................................................................................................3-277
XPON....................................................................................................................................................................................3-278
XPUT.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-278
XQ ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3-278
XRECV..................................................................................................................................................................................3-279
XRNG....................................................................................................................................................................................3-279
XROOT.................................................................................................................................................................................3-279
XSEND..................................................................................................................................................................................3-280
XSERV...................................................................................................................................................................................3-280
XVOL.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-281
XXRNG.................................................................................................................................................................................3-281
ΣXY........................................................................................................................................................................................3-281
ΣX*Y......................................................................................................................................................................................3-281
ΣY...........................................................................................................................................................................................3-282
ΣY2.........................................................................................................................................................................................3-282
ΣY^2.......................................................................................................................................................................................3-282
YCOL.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-282
YRNG....................................................................................................................................................................................3-283
YSLICE..................................................................................................................................................................................3-283
YVOL.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-284
YYRNG.................................................................................................................................................................................3-284
ZEROS ..................................................................................................................................................................................3-284
ZFACTOR............................................................................................................................................................................3-285
ZVOL.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-285
^ (Power) ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-285
| (Where)...........................................................................................................................................................................3-286
Contents - 16
(Square Root).................................................................................................................................................................3-286
(Integrate).......................................................................................................................................................................3-288
? (Undefined)....................................................................................................................................................................3-288
(Infinity)........................................................................................................................................................................3-289
Σ (Summation).................................................................................................................................................................3-289
Σ+ (Sigma Plus)..............................................................................................................................................................3-289
Σ– (Sigma Minus)..........................................................................................................................................................3-290
π (Pi)..................................................................................................................................................................................3-290
(Derivative) ....................................................................................................................................................................3-291
! (Factorial) .......................................................................................................................................................................3-291
% (Percent)........................................................................................................................................................................3-292
_ (Unit attachment)..........................................................................................................................................................3-292
« » (Program delimiters)...............................................................................................................................................3-293
< (Less than)......................................................................................................................................................................3-293
(Less than or Equal) .....................................................................................................................................................3-294
> (Greater than)................................................................................................................................................................3-295
(Greater than or Equal)................................................................................................................................................3-295
(Not equal).....................................................................................................................................................................3-296
* (Multiply)........................................................................................................................................................................3-297
+ (Add)...............................................................................................................................................................................3-298
(Subtract)........................................................................................................................................................................3-299
/ (Divide)...........................................................................................................................................................................3-300
= (Equal) ............................................................................................................................................................................3-301
== (Logical Equality) ....................................................................................................................................................3-302
(Store)..............................................................................................................................................................................3-303
(Create Local)...........................................................................................................................................................3-303
; (Semicolon)....................................................................................................................................................................3-304
4. Computer Algebra System .........................................................................................................................................................4-1
CAS Settings..............................................................................................................................................................................4-1
Selecting CAS Settings .....................................................................................................................................................4-1
The CAS directory, CASDIR..........................................................................................................................................4-1
Points to note when choosing settings..........................................................................................................................4-1
Using the CAS...........................................................................................................................................................................4-3
Examples and Help ..........................................................................................................................................................4-3
Compatibility with Other Calculators............................................................................................................................4-3
Extending the CAS...........................................................................................................................................................4-3
Dealing with unexpected CAS results or messages.....................................................................................................4-3
5. Equation Reference.....................................................................................................................................................................5-1
Columns and Beams (1) ..........................................................................................................................................................5-3
Elastic Buckling (1, 1).......................................................................................................................................................5-4
Eccentric Columns (1, 2).................................................................................................................................................5-4
Simple Deflection (1, 3)...................................................................................................................................................5-5
Simple Slope (1, 4)............................................................................................................................................................5-5
Simple Moment (1, 5).......................................................................................................................................................5-6
Simple Shear (1, 6)............................................................................................................................................................5-6
Cantilever Deflection (1, 7).............................................................................................................................................5-7
Cantilever Slope (1, 8)......................................................................................................................................................5-7
Cantilever Moment (1, 9).................................................................................................................................................5-7
Cantilever Shear (1, 10)....................................................................................................................................................5-8
Electricity (2).............................................................................................................................................................................5-9
Coulomb’s Law (2, 1).....................................................................................................................................................5-10
Ohm’s Law and Power (2, 2)........................................................................................................................................5-10
Voltage Divider (2, 3).....................................................................................................................................................5-11
Current Divider (2, 4).....................................................................................................................................................5-11
Wire Resistance (2, 5).....................................................................................................................................................5-11
Series and Parallel R (2, 6) .............................................................................................................................................5-12
/