Casio FX-730P Owner's Manual page 16

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CHAPTER 1 General Guide
• Equal key (
~
)
This key is not used to provide an answer for calculation, but is used for an
assignment statement (see page 109) and for a condition in an IF statement
(see page 118).
Also, when this key is pressed after
the~
key,
a~
(not equal) symbol is dis-
played.
• Exponent/Pi Key (
00 )
When this key is directly pressed, it is used to provide an exponent. For example,
operate
[IJ
8
(gJ
~
00@
for 1.23 X 10
4 .
When an exponent is a negative
number, press the
El
key after this key. For example, operate
[2)8@ITJOOB~
for 7.41 X 10-9.
When this key is pressed after
the~
key, Pi (the ratio of the circumference of a
circle to its diameter) is displayed.
• Answer Key (
~
)
When this key is pressed after
the~
key, the result of manual or program cal-
culation executed immediately before is displayed.
•
Function Memory Keys ( [@[§)§])
These keys are for the Function Memory. They will be described in detail in
Chapter 3.
• Cursor Movement Keys (
~~)
These keys are used when correcting displayed characters. The cursor("-" blink-
ing in the display window) is moved right and left by these keys. Each time this
key is pressed, the cursor moves by one character. When the key is held down,
the cursor moves continuously through all of the characters present. When
§!!]~is
pressed, the cursor moves to the left edge of the display (the beginning
of the line) - LINE TOP function. When
§!!]~is
pressed, the cursor moves to
the right of the last input character (the end of the line) - LINE END function.