Creating A New Program; The Program Editor - HP NW280-200X User Manual

Creating a new program

H I N T

The Program Editor

Programming
1. Open the Program
Catalog and start a
new program.
Sx (Program)
2. Enter a name for the
program.
AA (to lock
alpha mode)
MYPROGRAM
.
3. Press again.
A template for your
program is then
automatically
created. The
template consists of
a heading for a
function with the
same name as the program, EXPORT
MYPROGRAM(), and a BEGIN–END; pair that will
enclose the statements for the function.
A program name can contain only alphanumeric
characters (letters and numbers) and the underscore
character. The first character must be a letter. For
example, GOOD_NAME and Spin2 are valid program
names, while HOT STUFF (contains a space) and
2Cool! (starts with number and includes !) are not valid.
Until you become familiar with the HP Prime commands,
the easiest way to enter commands is to select them from
the Catalog menu (
menu in the Program Editor (
D ), or from the Commands
). To enter variables,
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