Handling Errors Related To Attached Formulas - Texas Instruments TI-86 Manual Book

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All elements of a list
referenced by an attached
formula must be valid for the
attached formula.
You can successfully attach to a list a formula that does not yet resolve to a list. For
example, you can attach
However, if you attempt to display
When you attach such a formula to a list name in the list editor, the formula is successfully
attached, but an error occurs. This is because the list editor attempts to execute the
formula immediately after attaching it to the list name.
To view the list editor again, you must return to the home screen and either enter
something to cause the formula to resolve to a list or remove the attached-formula list from
the list editor using the

Handling Errors Related to Attached Formulas

On the home screen, you can attach to a list a formula that references another list that has
no elements (dimension is
list in the list editor or on the home screen until you enter at least one element to the list
that the formula references.
Tip: If an error menu is returned when you attempt to display an attached-formula list in
the list editor, you can select
name, and then press : b to detach (clear) the formula. Then you can use the list
editor to find the source of the error. After making the appropriate changes, you can re-
attach the formula to the list name.
If you do not want to clear the formula, you can select
the home screen, and find and edit the source of the error. To edit an element of a list on
the home screen, store the new value to listName
to the list name
"5¹xStat"
when
BY5
xStat
menu item
LIST OPS
SetLE
; page 161). However, you cannot display the attached-formula
0
, write down the formula that is attached to the list
GOTO
Chapter 11: Lists
with no elements stored to
BY5
has no elements, an error occurs.
(page 161).
, display the referenced list on
QUIT
element#
(page 155).
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)
165
.
xStat

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