Creating And Deleting Programs - Texas Instruments TI-83 Manual Book

Creating and Deleting Programs

What Is a
Program?
Creating a New
Program
Managing
Memory and
Deleting a
Program
16-4 Programming
A program is a set of one or more command lines. Each
line contains one or more instructions. When you execute a
program, the TI-83 performs each instruction on each
command line in the same order in which you entered
them. The number and size of programs that the TI-83 can
store is limited only by available memory.
To create a new program, follow these steps.
1. Press  | to display the
2. Press Í to select
is displayed, and alpha-lock is on.
3. Press a letter from A to Z or q to enter the first
character of the new program name.
Note: A program name can be one to eight characters long. The
first character must be a letter from A to Z or q. The second
through eighth characters can be letters, numbers, or q.
4. Enter zero to seven letters, numbers, or q to complete
the new program name.
5. Press Í. The program editor is displayed.
6. Enter one or more program commands (page 16.5).
7. Press y [
QUIT
to the home screen.
To check whether adequate memory is available for a
program you want to enter, press y [
select
1:Check RAM
To increase available memory, press y [
select from the
2:Delete
To delete a specific program, press y [
from the
2:Delete MEMORY
from the
DELETE FROM
PRGM NEW
1:Create New
] to leave the program editor and return
from the
MEMORY
menu (Chapter 18).
MEMORY
menu, and then select
secondary menu (Chapter 18).
menu.
. The prompt
Name=
], and then
MEM
menu (Chapter 18).
], and then
MEM
], select
MEM
7:Prgm