Ex_Stobcd - Texas Instruments TI-89 Developer's Manual

Appendix A: System Routines — Variables

EX_stoBCD

Declaration: void EX_stoBCD (UCHAR * name , BCD16 * bcd )
Category(ies): Variables
Description: Stores BCD value into a variable in the calculator's symbol table.
Inputs: name — Pointer to the name of a calculator variable where the BCD
bcd
Outputs: None
Variable named in name will be created if it does not already exist. Value in
Assumptions:
name will be overwritten unless it is a protected type.
Side Effects: May cause heap compression. Throws an error if variable name cannot be
created or overwritten.
Availability: All versions of the TI-89 / TI-92 Plus.
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus
Differences: None
See Also: EX_getBCD
Example:
BCD16 csum;
.
. /* calculate csum */
.
EX_stoBCD((UCHAR *)"myfold" SYM_SEP_STR "csum", &csum);
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus Developer Guide
value should be stored. The name is a standard C
zero-terminated string except it consists of unsigned characters
since the names of variables in this calculator may contain
international letters in the range '\xC0' to '\xFF'.
The name may be an eight-letter variable name or eight-letter
folder name and variable name separated by a back-slash.
— Pointer to BCD value to store.
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