Texas Instruments TI-89 Tip List page 480

GetCalc var
Retrieve a value from the link port from another
calculator and store it in var.
GetConfg
Return a list of calculator attribute pairs. The
first pair element is a string which specifies the
attribute, and the second pair element is the
attribute. The attribute names are the same for
the TI-89 and the TI-92+, but the attributes may
differ. The "Cert. Rev. #" attribute pair appears
in the list only if a certificate has been installed.
{
"Product Name",productName,
"Version","versionString",
"Product ID",idString,
"ID#",id#String,
"Cert. Rev. #",certRev#,
"Screen Width",screenWidth,
"Screen Height",screenHeight,
"Window Width",windowWidth,
"Window Height",windowHeight,
"RAM size",ramSize,
"Free RAM",freeRAM,
"Archive Size",archiveSize,
"Free Archive",freeArchive
}
getDenom(expr)
Return the reduced common denominator of
expression.
getFold()
Return a string which is the current folder name.
getKey()
Return key code of a pressed key as an integer,
or return zero if no key is pressed.
getMode(modeString)
Return a string which is the current setting for
modeString.
("ALL")
Return a list of string pairs of all Mode settings.
The first element of the string pair is the mode
name string; the second element is the mode
setting string. See SetMode() for possible
settings.
{
"Graph", graphType,
"Display Digits", digitsFormat,
"Angle", angleUnits,
"Exponential Format", expFormat,
"Complex Format", complexFormat,
"Vector Format", vectorFormat,
"Pretty Print", prettyPrintStatus,
"Split Screen", splitScreenMode,
"Split 1 App", app1Name,
"Split 2 App", app2Name,
"Number of Graphs", numGraphs,
"Graph 2", graphType,
"Split Screen Ratio", ratio,
"Exact/Approx", exactApproxMode,
"Base", numberBase
}
getNum(expr)
Return numerator of expression reduced to a
common denominator.
getType(varName)
Return string indicating the data type of variable
varName.
"ASM" assembly-language program
"DATA" Data type
"EXPR" expression; includes complex, arbitrary,
undefined, ∞, -∞, TRUE, FALSE, Œ, ℯ
"FUNC" Function
"GDB" Graph data base
"LIST" List
"MAT" Matrix
"NONE" Variable does not exist
"NUM" Real number
"OTHER" Reserved for future use
"PIC" Picture
"PRGM" Program
"STR" String
"TEXT" Text type
"VAR" Name of another variable
getUnits()
Return a list of strings which specify the default
units. Constants, temperature, amount of a
substance, luminous intensity and acceleration
are not included. The list has the form
{"system","cat1","unit1","cat2","unit2",...}
where system is the unit system: SI, ENG/US or
CUSTOM. The cat strings specify the category,
and the unit strings specify the corresponding
default units.
Goto label
Transfer program control to label.
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